Meaning: The art of making the economy look good by resorting to window dressing.
Pronunciation: Slee-ko-nomix.
Usage: I think the Chinese are wizards in sleekonomics. They've hoodwinked the world into thinking, they're a super power.
Root: Sleek + economics.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Janusoplasty
Meaning: Face transplant surgery.
Pronunciation: Jay-nus-o-plasty.
Usage: What if Osama Bin Laden has undergone a janusoplasty?
Root: In roman mythology, Janus is a two-faced god. Since a face transplant is about acquiring a second face, I thought linking it to Janus would make sense.
Pronunciation: Jay-nus-o-plasty.
Usage: What if Osama Bin Laden has undergone a janusoplasty?
Root: In roman mythology, Janus is a two-faced god. Since a face transplant is about acquiring a second face, I thought linking it to Janus would make sense.
Base Transplant
Meaning: Getting yourself a bigger butt via plastic surgery.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: The success of JLO might inspire many to go in for a base transplant.
Root: Face Transplant.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: The success of JLO might inspire many to go in for a base transplant.
Root: Face Transplant.
Laloo Paratha
Meaning: A caste-laced sop dished out for votes.
Pronunciation: La-loo-purr-atta
Usage: To win the Tamilnadu election, Jayalalitha may cook some laloo parathas for the weaker sections.
Root: From Laloo Yadav, a pastmaster at caste politics. And aloo paratha.
Pronunciation: La-loo-purr-atta
Usage: To win the Tamilnadu election, Jayalalitha may cook some laloo parathas for the weaker sections.
Root: From Laloo Yadav, a pastmaster at caste politics. And aloo paratha.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Schmuckoustic
Meaning: Stupid sounding.
Pronunciation: Sh-muck-coo-stick
Usage: Who is more schmuckoustic? Laloo or Dubya?
Root: Schmuck + acoustic.
Pronunciation: Sh-muck-coo-stick
Usage: Who is more schmuckoustic? Laloo or Dubya?
Root: Schmuck + acoustic.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Kalashnikkah
Meaning: Married to a cause that involves weiding the gun. Invariably the AK-47.
Pronunciation: Cal-ash-nick-kaah
Usage: If you ask my honest opinion, it's about time the Kashmiri separatists dissolved their kalashnikkah.
Root: Kalashnikov + nikkah.
Pronunciation: Cal-ash-nick-kaah
Usage: If you ask my honest opinion, it's about time the Kashmiri separatists dissolved their kalashnikkah.
Root: Kalashnikov + nikkah.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Optiogram
Meaning: Sending a message with one's eyes.
Pronunciation: Op-tee-o-gram.
Usage: It was a tense meeting. I could make out from my boss's optiogram that it was pointless to argue anymore.
Root: Opti (eye in greek) + gram (as in the suffix in telegram, hologram, phonogram).
Pronunciation: Op-tee-o-gram.
Usage: It was a tense meeting. I could make out from my boss's optiogram that it was pointless to argue anymore.
Root: Opti (eye in greek) + gram (as in the suffix in telegram, hologram, phonogram).
Monday, February 06, 2006
Toonslaught
Meaning: A blasphemous attack done in jest, using cartoons.
Pronunciation: Toon-slot
Usage: Conservative Islamists all over the world are enraged over the European toonslaught on Prophet Mohammad.
Root: Toon + Onslaught.
Pronunciation: Toon-slot
Usage: Conservative Islamists all over the world are enraged over the European toonslaught on Prophet Mohammad.
Root: Toon + Onslaught.
Jetonation
Meaning: A plane explosion.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with detonation.
Usage: CIA has intelligence that the Al Qaeda is planning a series of jetonations in smaller countries.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with detonation.
Usage: CIA has intelligence that the Al Qaeda is planning a series of jetonations in smaller countries.
Root: Obvious.
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Whatsyayana
Meaning: The go-to-guy for all coital queries.
Pronunciation: Watts-ya-yana
Usage: Every campus has one whatsayayana.
Root: What + Vatsyayana (the author of kama sutra).
Pronunciation: Watts-ya-yana
Usage: Every campus has one whatsayayana.
Root: What + Vatsyayana (the author of kama sutra).
Pyaarthritis
Meaning: When love makes you go weak in the knees.
Pronunciation: Pyaar-thry-tis.
Usage: It was a pyaarthritis moment. Vineet didn't know what hit him. He went straight to Sonali and proposed to her.
Root: Pyaar (Hindi word for love) + Arthritis (a condition that makes your knees weak).
Pronunciation: Pyaar-thry-tis.
Usage: It was a pyaarthritis moment. Vineet didn't know what hit him. He went straight to Sonali and proposed to her.
Root: Pyaar (Hindi word for love) + Arthritis (a condition that makes your knees weak).
Friday, February 03, 2006
Babooboo
Meaning: A blooper or a snafu committed by a bureaucrat.
Pronunciation: Babu-boo
Usage: Many good governments earn a bad name, thanks to babooboos.
Root: Babu (the hindi word for a bureaucrat) + boo boo.
Note: The word is not a fresh coinage. It's probably a name in some language.
Pronunciation: Babu-boo
Usage: Many good governments earn a bad name, thanks to babooboos.
Root: Babu (the hindi word for a bureaucrat) + boo boo.
Note: The word is not a fresh coinage. It's probably a name in some language.
Talksymoron
Meaning: Anything that sounds retarded.
Pronunciation: Toxy-moron.
Usage: I think the word 'Kewl' is a talksymoron.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Toxy-moron.
Usage: I think the word 'Kewl' is a talksymoron.
Root: Obvious.
Antarickshaw
Meaning: A futuristic space cab that can cart 2 or 3 people at a time.
Pronunciation: Unther-rickshaw.
Usage: I am a space tourist. I love getting on to an antarickshaw and seeing new galaxies.
Root: Antariksha (Cosmos in sanskrit) + Rickshaw.
Pronunciation: Unther-rickshaw.
Usage: I am a space tourist. I love getting on to an antarickshaw and seeing new galaxies.
Root: Antariksha (Cosmos in sanskrit) + Rickshaw.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Punctualious
Meaning: very meticulous about use of punctuations.
Usage: G.B. Shaw was very punctualious in his writings.
Pronounciation: pank-chu-é-li-us
Root: punctuation + punctilious
Usage: G.B. Shaw was very punctualious in his writings.
Pronounciation: pank-chu-é-li-us
Root: punctuation + punctilious
Voodoonym
Meaning: When you assume someone else's name with an intent of bringing disrepute to that name, the assumed name is called a voodoonym.
Pronunciation: Woo-doo-nym.
Usage: Beware, someone, somewhere might be using your name as his voodoonym.
Root: The meaning kinda sums it up.
Pronunciation: Woo-doo-nym.
Usage: Beware, someone, somewhere might be using your name as his voodoonym.
Root: The meaning kinda sums it up.
Shoutnumber
Meaning: To be drowned out by a torrent of voices.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: The opposition was shoutnumbered by the ruling party MLAs.
Root: Shout + Outnumber.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: The opposition was shoutnumbered by the ruling party MLAs.
Root: Shout + Outnumber.
Piquebrain
Meaning: an annoying person
Usage: Harry is a piquebrain.
Pronounciation: pick-brain
Root: pique (verb) + brain
Usage: Harry is a piquebrain.
Pronounciation: pick-brain
Root: pique (verb) + brain
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Manimosity
Meaning: A feeling of ill will against men.
Pronunciation: Manee-maw-city
Usage: Jilted women tend to develop manimosity.
Root: Man + Animosity.
Pronunciation: Manee-maw-city
Usage: Jilted women tend to develop manimosity.
Root: Man + Animosity.
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