Meaning: Completely cold, machine like behaviour.
Pronunciation: Bot-tempered.
Usage: Who'd like to work in an office where everyone is botempered?
Root: Bot (short form for robot) + Tempered.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Chucking Footh
Meaning: A euphemism for fucking chooth.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Don't marry him. He's a chucking footh.
Root: Spoonerism of fucking chooth (a hinglish expletive that rougly translates to 'a guy who cannot think beyond the pussy').
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Don't marry him. He's a chucking footh.
Root: Spoonerism of fucking chooth (a hinglish expletive that rougly translates to 'a guy who cannot think beyond the pussy').
Fisterical
Meaning: Uncontrollably violent.
Pronunciation: Fist-terry-cull.
Usage: The English hooligans turned fisterical when England where denied the penalty.
Root: So hysterical that one gets into fistcuffs.
Pronunciation: Fist-terry-cull.
Usage: The English hooligans turned fisterical when England where denied the penalty.
Root: So hysterical that one gets into fistcuffs.
Bastard Piece
Meaning: A planted article in a newspaper of unknown origin.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: You can tell a bastard piece by just looking at the missing byline.
Root: Self explanatory.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: You can tell a bastard piece by just looking at the missing byline.
Root: Self explanatory.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Telemination
Meaning: Using telephonic interviews to filter out unwanted candidates.
Pronunciation: Telly-me-nation.
Usage: I have shortlisted people based on a process of telemination.
Root: Telephone + Elimination.
Related Coinages: Teleminator - one who uses this technique. Teleminated - a victim of this technique.
Pronunciation: Telly-me-nation.
Usage: I have shortlisted people based on a process of telemination.
Root: Telephone + Elimination.
Related Coinages: Teleminator - one who uses this technique. Teleminated - a victim of this technique.
Monday, July 17, 2006
Favour Curry
Meaning: A mix of inducements to get a job done.
Pronunciation: Self explanatory.
Usage: The bureaucrat didn't pass the project even after feasting on our favour curry. We need to find another way of tackling him.
Root: From the existing phrase 'curry favour'.
Pronunciation: Self explanatory.
Usage: The bureaucrat didn't pass the project even after feasting on our favour curry. We need to find another way of tackling him.
Root: From the existing phrase 'curry favour'.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Clappetite
Meaning: A craving for applause.
Pronunciation: Clap-pit-tight.
Usage: Anybody who's anybody has a large clappetite.
Root: Clap + Appetite.
Pronunciation: Clap-pit-tight.
Usage: Anybody who's anybody has a large clappetite.
Root: Clap + Appetite.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Slogmatism
Meaning: The stubborn belief that sheer hard work can earn you success.
Pronunciation: Slog-mat-ism.
Related Coinage: Slogmatic - one who has such a belief.
Usage: Slogmatics have reduced our beautiful world into a mindless factory.
Root: Slog + Dogmatism.
Pronunciation: Slog-mat-ism.
Related Coinage: Slogmatic - one who has such a belief.
Usage: Slogmatics have reduced our beautiful world into a mindless factory.
Root: Slog + Dogmatism.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Deja Deja Vu
Meaning: The feeling of having already experienced the feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
Pronunciation: Day-zha-day-zha-woo.
Usage: Ground Hog Day is full of deja deja vus.
Root: Deja (already) + Vu (seen).
Pronunciation: Day-zha-day-zha-woo.
Usage: Ground Hog Day is full of deja deja vus.
Root: Deja (already) + Vu (seen).
Fuckonteur
Meaning: A person who loves to recount tales of his or her sexual conquests.
Pronunciation: Fuck-con-tear.
Usage: After a few shots, Jeffrey the fuckonteur, subjected us to yet another wham-bam episode from his colourful life.
Root: Fuck + Raconteur.
Pronunciation: Fuck-con-tear.
Usage: After a few shots, Jeffrey the fuckonteur, subjected us to yet another wham-bam episode from his colourful life.
Root: Fuck + Raconteur.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Buystander
Meaning: A curious onlooker in a shopping mall.
Pronunciation: Same as bystander.
Usage: At any point of time, Spencer's Mall has a thousand buystanders.
Root: Buy + Bystander.
Pronunciation: Same as bystander.
Usage: At any point of time, Spencer's Mall has a thousand buystanders.
Root: Buy + Bystander.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Friday, July 07, 2006
Kithyadi
Meaning: All your distant friends and acquaintances.
Pronunciation: Kith-ya-dhee.
Usage: Ever since I've joined an NGO, I've been shamelessly approaching my kith, kin and even kithyadi for donations.
Root: Kith (friends & acquaintances) + Ithyadi (Sanskrit word for et cetera).
Pronunciation: Kith-ya-dhee.
Usage: Ever since I've joined an NGO, I've been shamelessly approaching my kith, kin and even kithyadi for donations.
Root: Kith (friends & acquaintances) + Ithyadi (Sanskrit word for et cetera).
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Lackamaidical
Meaning: A state of laziness caused by over-reliance upon a maid.
Pronounciation: Lack-a-maid-i-cal
Usage: My spoilt cousin is becoming a little too lackamaidical - after finishing a meal, he just leaves the table, expecting the maid to clear away his cutlery.
Root: Lackadaisical + Maid
Pronounciation: Lack-a-maid-i-cal
Usage: My spoilt cousin is becoming a little too lackamaidical - after finishing a meal, he just leaves the table, expecting the maid to clear away his cutlery.
Root: Lackadaisical + Maid
Tupperweary
Meaning: The state of mind of a multi-level marketer after seeing little or no profit from the venture.
Pronunciation: Tupper-wear-ree.
Usage: My cousin was so enthusiastic about network marketing, initially. Now she's tupperweary.
Root: Tupperware (a famed network marketer) + Weary (fatigued).
Pronunciation: Tupper-wear-ree.
Usage: My cousin was so enthusiastic about network marketing, initially. Now she's tupperweary.
Root: Tupperware (a famed network marketer) + Weary (fatigued).
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Monday, July 03, 2006
Punadulterated
Meaning: Without resorting to silly puns.
Pronunciation: Pun-adult-ta-rated.
Usage: British humour is punadulterated fun.
Root: Pun + Unadulterated.
Pronunciation: Pun-adult-ta-rated.
Usage: British humour is punadulterated fun.
Root: Pun + Unadulterated.
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Himbroglio
Meaning: A messy affair with a man.
Pronunciation: Him-brog-leo.
Usage: I wonder how Jo will get out of the Surya himbroglio.
Root: Him + Imbroglio.
Pronunciation: Him-brog-leo.
Usage: I wonder how Jo will get out of the Surya himbroglio.
Root: Him + Imbroglio.
Sooniversity
Meaning: An institution that lets you pick a skill very quickly by offering crash courses. The courses may be of dubious nature, though.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: I am an amateur astronaut. I studied rocket science at a sooniversity named NASA (Nair's Academy for Science & Astronomy).
Root: Soon + University.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: I am an amateur astronaut. I studied rocket science at a sooniversity named NASA (Nair's Academy for Science & Astronomy).
Root: Soon + University.
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