Meaning: The grandiloquent noises made by a country when it acquires a nuclear bomb.
Pronunciation: Bomb-bust-yes.
Usage: After Pokhran, even a sober nation like India turned bombustious.
Root: Bomb (nuke) + Bombast (bluster) + Rumbustious (lacking in restraint).
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Chupperware
Meaning: Utility articles that suck big time.
Pronunciation: Chup-pa-wear.
Usage: Every time my cousin returns from a kitty party, she's saddled with a pile of chupperware.
Root: Chupparadhu (to suck in tamil) + ware.
Pronunciation: Chup-pa-wear.
Usage: Every time my cousin returns from a kitty party, she's saddled with a pile of chupperware.
Root: Chupparadhu (to suck in tamil) + ware.
Kunjuicer
Meaning: A juicer that sucks out the last drop from a fruit. Or any device that squeezes the maximum output from the input.
Pronunciation: Cun-joos-err.
Usage: The ganne ka ras vendors in Benaras were the inventors of the legendary kunjuicer.
Root: Kanjoos (Hindi for anyone with a penchant for getting the most from his investment)+ Juicer.
Pronunciation: Cun-joos-err.
Usage: The ganne ka ras vendors in Benaras were the inventors of the legendary kunjuicer.
Root: Kanjoos (Hindi for anyone with a penchant for getting the most from his investment)+ Juicer.
Kiddyappam
Meaning: Smaller servings of the idiyappam.
Pronunciation: Kiddy-aap-pum.
Usage: Kiddyappams are the small-idli-size idiyappams dished out in premium restaurants. They were born when the hotel management decided to serve lesser without giving the impression of serving lesser.
Root: Kid (a metaphor for small) + Idiyappam (A South Indian breakfast item).
Pronunciation: Kiddy-aap-pum.
Usage: Kiddyappams are the small-idli-size idiyappams dished out in premium restaurants. They were born when the hotel management decided to serve lesser without giving the impression of serving lesser.
Root: Kid (a metaphor for small) + Idiyappam (A South Indian breakfast item).
Bustigmatism
Meaning: A disorder afflicting hot blooded men. Cause: A woman's chest. Effect: Inability to focus on everything else.
Pronunciation: Bus-tig-mat-tism.
Usage: When Pamela Anderson walked out with her silicone implants, the attendants at the clinic experienced an attack of bustigmatism.
Root: Bust + Astigmatism.
Pronunciation: Bus-tig-mat-tism.
Usage: When Pamela Anderson walked out with her silicone implants, the attendants at the clinic experienced an attack of bustigmatism.
Root: Bust + Astigmatism.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Busmasura
Meaning: An ill-fated bus that swallows the lives of its passengers.
Pronunciation: Bus-ma-su-ra.
Usage: The 72 passengers on the highway to Ghaziabad had no clue that they had boarded a busmasura.
Root: Bus + Bhasmasura (a demon from Hindu Mythology who destroys the very man who empowered him).
Pronunciation: Bus-ma-su-ra.
Usage: The 72 passengers on the highway to Ghaziabad had no clue that they had boarded a busmasura.
Root: Bus + Bhasmasura (a demon from Hindu Mythology who destroys the very man who empowered him).
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
Chessnokov
Meaning: A common name to notate Russian chess players.
Pronunciation: Chess-no-kov.
Usage: The tournament had its share of chessnokovs.
Root: Chess + -nokov (a popular russian name suffix)
Pronunciation: Chess-no-kov.
Usage: The tournament had its share of chessnokovs.
Root: Chess + -nokov (a popular russian name suffix)
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Bhejaculation
Meaning: Mental masturbation.
Pronunciation: Bhay-ja-q-lay-shun.
Usage: Conference rooms are venues for bhejaculation.
Root: Bheja (Hindi slang for brain) + Ejaculation.
Pronunciation: Bhay-ja-q-lay-shun.
Usage: Conference rooms are venues for bhejaculation.
Root: Bheja (Hindi slang for brain) + Ejaculation.
Friday, September 07, 2007
Sarcar
Meaning: An automobile that carts government of India officials/dignitaries. Invariably a white ambassador.
Pronunciation: Sur-car.
Usage: A caravan of sarcars descended upon the forsaken village one day before the election.
Root: Sarkar (Hindi word for Government) + Car.
Pronunciation: Sur-car.
Usage: A caravan of sarcars descended upon the forsaken village one day before the election.
Root: Sarkar (Hindi word for Government) + Car.
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Penicotine
Meaning: A pen used vicariously as a cigar/cigarette.
Pronunciation: Penny-co-teen.
Usage: In the Anbumani regime, bollywood villains will be forced to hold penicotines on screen.
Root: Pen + Nicotine.
Pronunciation: Penny-co-teen.
Usage: In the Anbumani regime, bollywood villains will be forced to hold penicotines on screen.
Root: Pen + Nicotine.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Elarocism
Meaning: Tendency to mix up the letter l with r.
Pronunciation: El-la-ro-cism.
Usage: The Japanese are prone to elarocism as their language has no phoneme equivalent of the English 'l' or 'r'.
Root: El (phonetic L) + A (phonetic R) + -Cism (suffix cueing a state or condition).
Pronunciation: El-la-ro-cism.
Usage: The Japanese are prone to elarocism as their language has no phoneme equivalent of the English 'l' or 'r'.
Root: El (phonetic L) + A (phonetic R) + -Cism (suffix cueing a state or condition).
Mincetrument
Meaning: A device capable of cutting or chopping things.
Pronunciation: Mins-true-ment.
Usage: Kapil Sibal was used as a mincetrument in the Lok Sabha debate to dice through the shallow arguments of the BJP.
Root: Mince (to cut) + Instrument.
Pronunciation: Mins-true-ment.
Usage: Kapil Sibal was used as a mincetrument in the Lok Sabha debate to dice through the shallow arguments of the BJP.
Root: Mince (to cut) + Instrument.
Slowcality
Meaning: Where nothing much changes.
Pronunciation: Slo-cal-litty.
Usage: Nehru's obsession with socialism reduced India to a slowcality.
Root: Slow + Locality.
Pronunciation: Slo-cal-litty.
Usage: Nehru's obsession with socialism reduced India to a slowcality.
Root: Slow + Locality.
Fileanthropist
Meaning: A forwarder of interesting files.
Pronunciation: File-lan-thrope-ist.
Usage: The difference between a fileanthropist and a spammer is the benign motivation.
Root: File + Philanthropist.
Pronunciation: File-lan-thrope-ist.
Usage: The difference between a fileanthropist and a spammer is the benign motivation.
Root: File + Philanthropist.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Lilustrious
Meaning: Eminent at a young age.
Pronunciation: Lil-lust-ri-yus.
Usage: Ajit Tendulkar would have been envious of his lilustrious kid brother.
Root: Lil (small) + illustrious.
Pronunciation: Lil-lust-ri-yus.
Usage: Ajit Tendulkar would have been envious of his lilustrious kid brother.
Root: Lil (small) + illustrious.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Shushpicion
Meaning: Snuffing out suspicion by rounding up the usual suspects.
Pronunciation: Shush-pi-shun.
Usage: Cops enact the charade of shushpicion whenever there is a terrorist incident.
Root: Shush (silence) + Suspicion.
Pronunciation: Shush-pi-shun.
Usage: Cops enact the charade of shushpicion whenever there is a terrorist incident.
Root: Shush (silence) + Suspicion.
Prophecease
Meaning: Stop forecasting.
Pronunciation: Prof-a-cease.
Usage: I used to predict the results of one-day matches. After the world cup debacle, I've kinda propheceased.
Root: Prophecy + Cease.
Pronunciation: Prof-a-cease.
Usage: I used to predict the results of one-day matches. After the world cup debacle, I've kinda propheceased.
Root: Prophecy + Cease.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Tonguerezi
Meaning: Indians whose mother tongue is English.
Pronunciation: Tongue-ray-zee.
Usage: Tonguerezis are Angrezis with an Indian birth certificate.
Root: Tongue (mother tongue) + Angrezis (the English).
Pronunciation: Tongue-ray-zee.
Usage: Tonguerezis are Angrezis with an Indian birth certificate.
Root: Tongue (mother tongue) + Angrezis (the English).
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