Thursday, March 07, 2013

Sherial Killer

Meaning: A woman who has broken many hearts.
Pronunciation: She-real-killa.
Usage: If I had the powers, I'd launch an insurance scheme for victims of sherial killers.
Root: A woman with killer looks and serial boyfriends.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Linked Ingineering

Meaning: The science of social climbing using networking.
Pronunciation: Linked-engine-near-ring.
Usage: Novices in linked ingineering will have to settle for the wooden spoon in the rat race.
Root: LinkedIn (the site for business networking) + Engineering.

Saturday, March 02, 2013

Scooperman

Meaning: One with many big exposés to his credit.
Pronunciation: Scooper-man.
Usage: In the absence of investigative journalism, Arvind Kejriwal has emerged as the scooperman of our times.
Root: Scoop (a news exclusive) + Superman

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Aascars

Meaning: The award from the Academy of Loose Motion Pictures that celebrates the films loved by the unwashed masses.
Pronunciation: Aas-kaars.
Usage: Powerstar Srinivasan, Viswaroopam and Golmaal 3 have great prospects at the Aascars 2013.
Root: Aascar (the Street Tamil way of saying 'Oscar').

Monday, February 25, 2013

Marry-go-round

Meaning: The vicious cycle of marriages.
Pronunciation: Mare-ri-go-round.
Usage: When kids grow up, they play marry-go-around.
Root: Self explanatory.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Gympressive

Meaning: Having a hot bod worth flaunting.
Pronunciation: Jim-press-siv.
Usage: Not being a gympressive lad, I wish for a world where having a pot belly will be considered cool.
Root: Gym + Impressive.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Tasmax

Meaning: Those who spend a considerable amount of time and money queuing up to drink alcohol.
Pronunciation: Tass-max.
Usage: The Tasmax is an odd beast. He is in a state of perpetual high while his family, in a state of perpetual low.
Root: Tasmac (a name synonymous with wine shops in Tamil Nadu) + Max (a nickname that also means 'one who maximises').

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Akash Warnie

Meaning: A pro-government spin doctor.
Pronunication: Aa-kaash-Warn-nee.
Usage: All the talking heads in news channels seem like Akash Warnies to me.
Root: Akash Vani (the voice of the Government in India) + Warnie (Nick of Shane Warne, a legendary spinner).

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Iruvasagam

Meaning: An utterance with double meaning.
Pronunciation: Ir-roo-va-sa-gum.
Usage: K.Bhagyaraj made a career by being an exponent of iruvasagam.
Root: Iru (tamil for two) + Vasagam (expression)
Note: Iruvasagam is synonymous with Double Entendre.

Saturday, February 02, 2013

Boughtlenecks

Meaning: The difficulties a customer faces while purchasing a product.
Pronunciation: Bot-til-nex.
Usage: Distribution strategy is all about eliminating boughtlenecks.
Root: Bought (obtain in exchange for payment) + Bottlenecks (hindrances).

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Shequel

Meaning: Having a girl friend with the same features/traits as an ex.
Pronunciation: Sheek-well.
Usage: Jilted lovers keep seeking shequels to relive their life that wasn't.
Root: She + Sequel (a work that develops the theme of an earlier one).

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Panjanenjan

Meaning: A boastful coward.
Pronunciation: Pun-ja-nen-jan.
Usage: Most of us who are lions online and meek sheep offline, are mere panjanenjans.
Root: Panju (Tamil for cotton) + Anjanenjan (Tamil for braveheart).

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Chicket

Meaning: Women's cricket.
Pronunciation: Chick-ket.
Usage: By rebranding women's cricket as 'Chicket' and by introducing more colourful sportswear, we can breathe new life into the already dead sport.
Root: Chick (young ones of the female species) + Cricket.

Monday, January 21, 2013

Zations

Meaning: The sum of all civilizations in the multiverse.
Pronunciation: Zay-shuns.
Usage: There were many zations before the big bang. There will be many more zations after the Big Crunch.
Root: Zillion + civilisATIONS.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Ariwoo

Meaning: To court someone intellectually.
Pronunciation: Ari-woo.
Usage: Nerds and geeks prefer to ariwoo the opposite sex.
Root: Arivu (Tamil for intellect) + Woo.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Zarijans

Meaning: The glitterati.
Pronunciation: Zari (rhymes with hurry) + Jans (rhymes with dunce).
Usage: Organising wine and cheese parties isn't the only way to reach the zarijans.
Root: Zari (Urdu for 'the ornate') + Jan (Hindi for 'People')

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Twin Twans

Meaning: Words that come in pairs. Like Mumbo Jumbo, Hocus Pocus and Hoity Toity. Twin Twans is synonymous with reduplicatives.
Pronunciation: Twint-van.
Usage: Languages look fuddy duddy without the itsy-bitsies we call twin twans.
Root: Twin (a pair) + Twan (a whimsical verbal cousin of Twin).

Monday, December 31, 2012

Terratypical

Meaning: Earth like.
Pronunciation: Ter-ra-tip-pee-cull.
Usage: Not all water containing exoplanets are terratypical.
Root: Self explanatory.

Exoplanetizens

Meaning: Citizens of planets outside our solar system.
Pronunciation: X-O-plan-net-tea-zens.
Usage: In a hundred years, we'll have a choice: either to be earthlings or exoplanetizens.
Root: Exoplanet + Citizens.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Ghoosberry

Meaning: The fruits of a bribe.
Pronunciation: Ghoos-bay-ree.
Usage: Among kleptocrats, the larger the ghoosberry, the bigger is your circle of influence.
Root: Ghoos (Hindi for bribe) + Berry (a fruit).

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Fastmati Rice

Meaning: Rice that can be cooked in an instant.
Pronunciation: Fast-mathi-ryze
Usage: If we can have instant noodles, why not fastmati rice?
Root: Fast + Basmati Rice.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Reinscarnation

Meaning: Reliving a painful experience.
Pronunciation: Re-in-scar-nation.
Usage: For many women in Delhi, taking a midnight bus ride will be an act of reinscarnation.
Root: Scar (remnants of an old wound) + Reincarnation.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Auwrath

Meaning: Angry woman.
Pronunciation: Ou-wrath.
Usage: Parliament will have to face the music from auwraths who are sick and tired of the daily harassment they have to put up with.
Root: Aurat (Hindi for woman) + Wrath (anger).

Monday, December 17, 2012

Sorry Gama

Meaning: Awfully offkey music.
Pronunciation: Saw-ree-ga-ma.
Usage: After subjecting the audience to some ear splitting sorry gama, the vidhwaan hopped to the next kutcheri.
Root: Sorry + Sare Gama (the first four notes in Carnatic music).

Sunday, December 02, 2012

Follygamous

Meaning: Having regretted the act of marriage more than once. Synonymous with multiple divorcees.
Pronunciation: Fall-lee-gam-us.
Usage: Follygamous folks make great story tellers.
Root: Self explanatory.