Pranamayamaha

Meaning: A vehicle that runs on oxygen.
Pronunciation: Pra-na-ya-maa-ha.
Usage: If we can run the human body with breath, I can't figure out why we haven't yet built a pranayamaha.
Root: Prana (life force) + Yamaha (maker of automobiles).

Shockahari

Meaning: A pure veggie at home but one who pigs on non veg outside.
Pronunciation: Shock-ka-haari.
Usage: Years of fish deprivation is the reason why many chaste brahmins are turning into shockaharis.
Root: Shock (an unexpectedly jarring behaviour) + Shakahari (Hindi for vegetarian).

Chumma cum laude

Meaning: Claiming falsely that one bagged a diploma or degree with honours.
Pronunciation: Chooma-cum-lauday.
Usage: He was talking so knowledgeably that I never quite figured out that he graduated from Harvard chummma cum laude.
Root: Chumma (Tamil for sham) + Summa cum laude (latin for 'with highest honour')

Arracknids

Meaning: Those who get by life with country made liquor.
Pronunciation: Ar-rack-nee-da.
Usage: The villages of India are infested with the arracknids.
Root: Arrack (a strong alcoholic drink) + -nida (species).

Scarnation

Meaning: The pale pink hue of a scar.
Pronunciation: Scar-nay-shun.
Usage: After the accident, my friend's feet looked like a canvas sprinkled with splotches of scarnation.
Root: Scar (wound) + Carnation (rosy pink)

Makelavya

Meaning: Self learnt, self made.
Pronunciation: Make-luv-ya.
Usage: No one goes to film school these days. Every new director is a makelavya.
Root: Make (to create) + Eklavya (the hindu mythological character who's supposed to have learnt archery all by himself).

Gablet

Meaning: A talking tablet.
Pronunciation: Gab-let.
Usage: A gablet is a tablet with a mind and voice of its own.
Root: Gab (chatter) + Tablet (a smart computing device).

Kameaney

Meaning: The meanest one.
Pronunciation: Ka-mean-nay.
Usage: The late night stand up comedians are the real kameaneys of television.
Root: Kaminey (Hindi for 'scoundrel') + Mean (Wicked).

Neckrosis

Meaning: Death by strangulation.
Pronunciation: Neck-ros-sis.
Usage: The easy access to firearms has made neckrosis rather unfashionable.
Root: Necrosis (Greek for death of living cells) + Neck.

Fettucheeni

Meaning: The pasta version of the the tamil dessert 'semiya payasam'.
Pronunciation: Feth-thoo-chee-nee.
Usage: On my birthday, I plan to glug many kinnams of fettucheeni.
Root: Fettuccini (a ribbon like pasta) + Cheeni (Hindi for sugar).

Spantone

Meaning: The spectrum of colours.
Pronunciation: Span-tone.
Usage: When I first ventured into art direction, silly me deployed the entire spantone in one ad.
Root: Span (the extent between extremities) + Pantone (the set of colours used for printing).

Rhinoderm

Meaning: One with a thick hide.
Pronunciation: Ry-no-hide.
Usage: When the whole world wants you to retire, you must be a rhinoderm to carry on.
Root: Rhino (from Rhinoceros - the animal renowned for a thick hide) + Derm (derived from derma - greek for skin).

Glucourse

Meaning: A short burst of sugar for diabetics to boost up the glucose level during times of a carb crash.
Pronunciation: Gloo-course.
Usage: After years of binging on ladoos and halwas, now I am having to make do with a glucourse of Marie biscuits.
Root: Glucose (a type of sugar, the body uses for energy) + Course (part of a meal).

Dressonance

Meaning: Having similar tastes in picking clothes and accessories.
Pronunciation: Dress-so-nuns.
Usage: If a flunky and a boss were in dressonance, it can create problems for the boss.
Root: Dress (to deck up) + Resonance (a physics term describing the state of two systems having similar frequencies).

Mobiognomy

Meaning: Judging a person by his choice of mobile phone.
Pronunciation: Mo-bee-yo-nomy.
Usage: Just like handwriting analysts, don't be surprised if we soon have experts in mobiognomy.
Root: Mobio (related to Mobile phones) + -gnomy (act of evaluating).

Humlaw

Meaning: A legally sanctioned act of aggression.
Pronunciation: Hum-law.
Usage: The Abbotabad mission to find and finish Osama is a celebrated act of humlaw.
Root: Humla (Hindi for attach) + Law (that which is legal).

Rumkeen

Meaning: The side eats served as accompaniments at pubs.
Pronunciation: Rum-keen.
Usage: Teetotalers can get their money's worth during drinking binges by focusing their undivided attention on polishing off the rumkeen.
Root: Rum (a commonly consumed spirit in Indian bars) + Namkeen (Hindi for snacks & savories)

Skincineration

Meaning: Third degree skin burns.
Pronunciation: Skin-sin-na-ray-shun.
Usage: We still await the plastic surgeons who can provide some aesthetic relief to victims of skincineration.
Root: Skin + Incineration (on fire)

Shamtorum

Meaning: A poser rightist with all the wrong ideas.
Pronunciation: Sham-toe-rum.
Usage: Right wing politics sorely needs a reboot. The shamtorums of the world make rightists look anachronistic.
Root: Derived from the politician who believes theology, home schooling and gay bigotry is the way to the future.

Cholesstroll

Meaning: A leisurely paced walk with an intent to reduce cholesterol.
Pronunciation: Coal-lest-role.
Usage: I would have never moved my butt had the doctor not insisted on a 30-minute cholestroll.
Root: Self explanatory.

Spellinquent

Meaning: A person prone to commiting spelling errors.
Pronunciation: Spell-link-kwent.
Usage: The point to note is every spellinquent is not dyslexic.
Root: Spelling + -linquent (derived from latin for 'to leave out').

Vocabhoolary

Meaning: Your lexicon of forgotten words.
Pronunciation: Woke-cab-bool-lurry.
Usage: All the words that I learnt from the Baron's GRE Guide are now a part of my vocabhoolary.
Root: Vocabulary + Bhoolna (Hindi for 'to forget).

Dubacure

Meaning: Quack medicines that claim the moon and the sky.
Pronunciation: Do-ba-kyoor.
Usage: The claim of a 'secret formula' is the first sign of a snake oil type of dubacure.
Root: Dubakur (Tamil for anything dubious) + Cure (medicine).

Dwitajis

Meaning: Two fathers.
Pronunciation: Dwith-tha-jeez.
Usage: 'Open adoption' kids have the privilege of having dwitajis.
Root: Dwi (Sanskrit for two) + Pitaji (Hindi for father) + -s (English suffix to cue plural).

Lipi Hippie

Meaning: One who trips on Indian fonts.
Pronunciation: Li-pee-hip-pee.
Usage: Art directors in India are too westernised. We don't have enough lipi hippies.
Root: Lipi (Hindi for letter) + Hippie (a free thinker who rejects the conventional).