Meaning: A campaign that's propped on glamour
Pronunciation: Glam-pain
Usage: Glampaigns are naturally relying on actors to pull in mass votes.
Root: Glamour + Campaign
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Friday, April 28, 2006
Bald Letter
Meaning: An undated letter from an anonymous person.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Bald letters are often used by ethical terrorists to warn people about an impending attack.
Root: Literal translation of the tamil expression 'Mottai Kadidasu'. Logic being a letter with no 'from address and date' looks bald.
Related coinage: Anonymissive (anonymous + missive).
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Bald letters are often used by ethical terrorists to warn people about an impending attack.
Root: Literal translation of the tamil expression 'Mottai Kadidasu'. Logic being a letter with no 'from address and date' looks bald.
Related coinage: Anonymissive (anonymous + missive).
Shoutsourcing
Meaning: Hiring crowds for cheering.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Every leader in Tamil Nadu is attracting huge crowds. One wonders if it's shoutsourcing at work.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Every leader in Tamil Nadu is attracting huge crowds. One wonders if it's shoutsourcing at work.
Root: Obvious.
Errorberation
Meaning: Repeated errors
Pronunciation: Error-ber-a-shun
Usage:His errorberation costed him his job
Root: Error + Reverberation
Pronunciation: Error-ber-a-shun
Usage:His errorberation costed him his job
Root: Error + Reverberation
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Mongrolia
Meaning: A mix-breed dog from Central Asia
Pronunciation: Mon-gro-leah
Usage: I just gifted her a pet. A mongrolia
Root: Mongrel + Mongolia
Pronunciation: Mon-gro-leah
Usage: I just gifted her a pet. A mongrolia
Root: Mongrel + Mongolia
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Vexplosive
Meaning: Shatteringly frustrating.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Kaif has been remarkably vexplosive in the last 12 months.
Root: Vex + Explosive.
Related expression: KLPD.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Kaif has been remarkably vexplosive in the last 12 months.
Root: Vex + Explosive.
Related expression: KLPD.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Lingua franka
Meaning: A particularly frank way of speaking.
Pronunciation: as is what is.
Usage: Her brand of lingua franka always sets me thinking.
Root: lingua = language + franka, for frankness
Pronunciation: as is what is.
Usage: Her brand of lingua franka always sets me thinking.
Root: lingua = language + franka, for frankness
Trichoculturist
Meaning: One who lets hair grow.
Pronunciation: Try-co-culture-wrist.
Usage: On a lazy Sunday, every male is a trichoculturist.
Root: Trikh (Greek for hair) + Culturist (One who farms).
Pronunciation: Try-co-culture-wrist.
Usage: On a lazy Sunday, every male is a trichoculturist.
Root: Trikh (Greek for hair) + Culturist (One who farms).
Monday, April 24, 2006
Lifterature
Meaning: Plagiarised printed work(s).
Pronunciation: Lift-ra-cha
Usage: I am not sure if one can classify Da Vinci Code as lifterature.
Root: Lift (as in steal) + Literature.
Pronunciation: Lift-ra-cha
Usage: I am not sure if one can classify Da Vinci Code as lifterature.
Root: Lift (as in steal) + Literature.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Hurrygen
Meaning: A patronising term for the internet generation renowned for little or no patience for reading, listening and thinking.
Pronunciation: Hurry-gen.
Usage: The hurrygen prefer blogs over books.
Root: HURRY + GENeration.
Inspiration: Harijan, the patronising Indian label for the underprivileged.
Pronunciation: Hurry-gen.
Usage: The hurrygen prefer blogs over books.
Root: HURRY + GENeration.
Inspiration: Harijan, the patronising Indian label for the underprivileged.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Meandertaal
Meaning: An experimental musician who believes in scoring music the good old way - spontaneously.
Pronunciation: Me-under-taal.
Usage: Meandertaals try not to stick to a set rhythm, lyric or melody.
Root: Neanderthal (synonymous with primal) + Meander (one who wanders aimlessly) + Taal (Hindi for beat).
Pronunciation: Me-under-taal.
Usage: Meandertaals try not to stick to a set rhythm, lyric or melody.
Root: Neanderthal (synonymous with primal) + Meander (one who wanders aimlessly) + Taal (Hindi for beat).
Telepati
Meaning: A long distance husband. As in, a hubby who rarely gets to be with his wife at home.
Pronunciation: Same as telepathy.
Usage: Having a telepati may not be such a bad idea. The wifey gets money to splurge and a lot of space for herself.
Root: Tele (Greek for long distance) + Pati (Hindi for husband).
Related Coinage: Telepati may also be used to connote a couch potato. Logic - one who's married to the television.
Pronunciation: Same as telepathy.
Usage: Having a telepati may not be such a bad idea. The wifey gets money to splurge and a lot of space for herself.
Root: Tele (Greek for long distance) + Pati (Hindi for husband).
Related Coinage: Telepati may also be used to connote a couch potato. Logic - one who's married to the television.
Metal Magnet
Meaning: Prolific award winner.
Pronunciation: Duh.
Usage: The metal magnet David Droga will chair the jury at the Cannes Lions festival.
Root: One who attracts golds, silvers and bronzes by the dozens.
Pronunciation: Duh.
Usage: The metal magnet David Droga will chair the jury at the Cannes Lions festival.
Root: One who attracts golds, silvers and bronzes by the dozens.
Drapidation
Meaning: A fear of billowing drapes
Usage: Every horror movie heroine has experienced drapidation
Pronunciation : drap+id+ay+shun
Root: Drape+ trepidation
Related coinage : indrapid
Usage: Every horror movie heroine has experienced drapidation
Pronunciation : drap+id+ay+shun
Root: Drape+ trepidation
Related coinage : indrapid
Layman brooder
Meaning: A layman who spends time brooding.
Pronunciation: obvious.
Usage: LehmanBrothers is no place for layman brooders.
Root: obvious.
Pronunciation: obvious.
Usage: LehmanBrothers is no place for layman brooders.
Root: obvious.
Eye-banker
Meaning: An organ stanley who deals in eyes.
Pronunciation: I-ban-kar
Usage: Everyone wants to be an eye-banker these days.
Root: Investment banking
Pronunciation: I-ban-kar
Usage: Everyone wants to be an eye-banker these days.
Root: Investment banking
Friday, April 21, 2006
Communishta
Meaning: Unshakeable faith in communism.
Pronunciation: Commune-nishta
Usage: EMS Namboodripad was renowned for his communishta.
Root: Communism + Nishta (Sanskrit for absolute faith).
Related coinage: Saffronishta - Unshakeable faith in Hindutva.
Note: The difference between Saffronista and Saffronishta is the former describes an idealogue while the latter is about the extent of faith in the ideology.
Pronunciation: Commune-nishta
Usage: EMS Namboodripad was renowned for his communishta.
Root: Communism + Nishta (Sanskrit for absolute faith).
Related coinage: Saffronishta - Unshakeable faith in Hindutva.
Note: The difference between Saffronista and Saffronishta is the former describes an idealogue while the latter is about the extent of faith in the ideology.
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