Meaning: The currency symbol.
Pronunciation: Buck-shar.
Usage: Rs is the buckshar for the rupee.
Root: Buck (money) + Akshar (Sanskrit for letter).
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Shabdkosher
Meaning: A puritan linguist.
Pronunciation: Shubd-ko-sher.
Usage: You can't expect a shabdkosher to enjoy the delights of slang.
Root: Shabdkosh (Hindi for dictionary) + Kosher (fit and proper).
Pronunciation: Shubd-ko-sher.
Usage: You can't expect a shabdkosher to enjoy the delights of slang.
Root: Shabdkosh (Hindi for dictionary) + Kosher (fit and proper).
Paanikchand
Meaning: One who's addicted to chewing paan.
Pronunciation: Paan-nick-chundh.
Usage: Benaras is a city of paanikchands.
Root: Paan + Manickchand (a renowned brand of gutka)
Pronunciation: Paan-nick-chundh.
Usage: Benaras is a city of paanikchands.
Root: Paan + Manickchand (a renowned brand of gutka)
Spielosaur
Meaning: A weaver of big yarns.
Pronunciation: Shpeel-low-sawr.
Usage: If you've gotta sell ads, you gotta be a spielosaur.
Root: Spiel + Pilosaur.
Pronunciation: Shpeel-low-sawr.
Usage: If you've gotta sell ads, you gotta be a spielosaur.
Root: Spiel + Pilosaur.
Polygamiss
Meaning: A woman who subscribes to the right to have many husbands.
Pronunciation: Polly-gam-miss.
Usage: Every woman is a closet polygamiss.
Root: Self-explanatory.
Pronunciation: Polly-gam-miss.
Usage: Every woman is a closet polygamiss.
Root: Self-explanatory.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Ziponym
Meaning: Shrunk word that sounds and means exactly the same as the original word/phrase. Ziponyms are alphanumeric in nature.
Pronunciation: Zippo-nim.
Usage: ELEV8 is the ziponym of elevate.
Root: Zip (computer parlance for shrinking) + -onym (name for).
Pronunciation: Zippo-nim.
Usage: ELEV8 is the ziponym of elevate.
Root: Zip (computer parlance for shrinking) + -onym (name for).
Friday, October 02, 2009
Causetrophobic
Meaning: Fear of ideologies that constrict thinking.
Pronunciation: Cos-tro-fo-bic.
Usage: Many sensible people stay away from politics because they are causetrophobic.
Root: Cause + Claustrophobic (fear of closed spaces).
Pronunciation: Cos-tro-fo-bic.
Usage: Many sensible people stay away from politics because they are causetrophobic.
Root: Cause + Claustrophobic (fear of closed spaces).
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Shun-in-law
Meaning: The son-in-law's status after a divorce.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: I bumped into my shun-in-law at the mall. I pretended not to see him.
Root: Shun + Son-in-law.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: I bumped into my shun-in-law at the mall. I pretended not to see him.
Root: Shun + Son-in-law.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Salternative
Meaning: Salt substitute.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with alternative.
Usage: Salternatives are usually prescribed for people with high-BP.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with alternative.
Usage: Salternatives are usually prescribed for people with high-BP.
Root: Obvious.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Hyocondriac
Meaning: Someone with a tendency to say 'Ayyo ayyo' at the slightest hint of sickness.
Pronunciation: As is.
Usage: That woman, total hyocondriac man!
Root: Ayyo + Hypocondriac.
Pronunciation: As is.
Usage: That woman, total hyocondriac man!
Root: Ayyo + Hypocondriac.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Narcorambling
Meaning: Confessions made under the influence of drug.
Pronunciation: Naar-co-ram-bling.
Usage: I am still not sure if the court considers narcorambling as evidence.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Naar-co-ram-bling.
Usage: I am still not sure if the court considers narcorambling as evidence.
Root: Obvious.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Currycature
Meaning: A sad imitation of Indian food.
Pronunciation: Curry-kay-ture.
Usage: Unfortunately, the balti restaurants are nothing but currycatures.
Root: Curry + Caricature.
Pronunciation: Curry-kay-ture.
Usage: Unfortunately, the balti restaurants are nothing but currycatures.
Root: Curry + Caricature.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Kilogrammarian
Meaning: A heavy weight in grammar.
Pronunciation: Kilo-gram-may-ri-yan.
Usage: Given a chance, a kilogrammarian is capable of detecting a hundred errors in The Hindu.
Root: Kilogram (unit of weight) + Grammarian.
Pronunciation: Kilo-gram-may-ri-yan.
Usage: Given a chance, a kilogrammarian is capable of detecting a hundred errors in The Hindu.
Root: Kilogram (unit of weight) + Grammarian.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Scornication
Meaning: Running down illicit intercourse. Especially between members of the same sex.
Pronunciation: Scor-ni-kay-shun.
Usage: Liberals can never understand as to why conservatives indulge in scornication.
Root: Derived from to pour scorn on fornication.
Pronunciation: Scor-ni-kay-shun.
Usage: Liberals can never understand as to why conservatives indulge in scornication.
Root: Derived from to pour scorn on fornication.
Budrenaline
Meaning: High on alcohol.
Pronunciation: Bud-ri-na-lin.
Usage: 7 out of 10 road accidents at night can be blamed on the budrenaline rush.
Root: Bud (nick for Budweiser) + Adrenaline (State of excitement).
Pronunciation: Bud-ri-na-lin.
Usage: 7 out of 10 road accidents at night can be blamed on the budrenaline rush.
Root: Bud (nick for Budweiser) + Adrenaline (State of excitement).
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Stereotypist
Meaning: A hack who churns out hackneyed stuff.
Pronunciation: Self-explanatory.
Usage: There's a certain pleasure in being a stereotypist. Because you are catering to zero expectations.
Root: Stereotypist or Stereotyper is an already existing word. All we've done is to reinterpret it.
Pronunciation: Self-explanatory.
Usage: There's a certain pleasure in being a stereotypist. Because you are catering to zero expectations.
Root: Stereotypist or Stereotyper is an already existing word. All we've done is to reinterpret it.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Cellection
Meaning: An election where members cast their vote using a cell phone.
Pronunciation: Sell-leck-shun.
Usage: News channels justify their shallow stance on policies using data from cellections as fig leaf.
Root: Cell + Election.
Pronunciation: Sell-leck-shun.
Usage: News channels justify their shallow stance on policies using data from cellections as fig leaf.
Root: Cell + Election.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Flashion Design
Meaning: Designing clothes in such a way that there is maximum skin show.
Pronunciation: Flash-shun-design.
Usage: Flashion Designers will be in great demand in the film industry.
Root: Flash (indecent exposure) + Fashion Design.
Pronunciation: Flash-shun-design.
Usage: Flashion Designers will be in great demand in the film industry.
Root: Flash (indecent exposure) + Fashion Design.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Microwaved Ideas
Meaning: Ideas from the cold storage, presented as new.
Pronunciation: Self-explanatory.
Usage: Sometimes ideas that were ignored for no fault of theirs, stage a massive comeback as microwaved ideas.
Root: Fairly obvious.
Pronunciation: Self-explanatory.
Usage: Sometimes ideas that were ignored for no fault of theirs, stage a massive comeback as microwaved ideas.
Root: Fairly obvious.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Pencilsive
Meaning: Lost in thought while chewing a pencil.
Pronunciation: Pen-sil-siv.
Usage: I entered the Writer's Block even after several pencilsive moments.
Root: Substitute the pen in pensive with a pencil.
Pronunciation: Pen-sil-siv.
Usage: I entered the Writer's Block even after several pencilsive moments.
Root: Substitute the pen in pensive with a pencil.
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