Pakistan Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Associated with or special to Pakistan or Pakistani people, places, or things. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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batman n. Pakistan army has announced that the institution of the batman would soon be abolished. Batman is also known as ‘orderly.’ He is a regular soldier taken out of combat and made to serve an officer at home. [English English-derived India Pakistan] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2004)

black-coat n. The “black-coats” as the lawyers are being affectionately called these days, have never shown this kind of unity, nor this temerity, before. [English Pakistan Law] [full cite] (Mar. 19, 2007)

BLR n. As far as Bonapartism in the higher echelons of the Pakistan Army goes, the situation in army parlance is BLR or Beyond Local Repair. BLR denotes a vehicle or other piece of equipment such as a weapon, being in such a state that the local EME (Electrical Mechanical Engineers) workshop cannot repair it, and which has either to go to one of the main workshops for repairs, or be dumped as scrap. That is how bad the situation is when it comes to most of the generals of the Pakistan army accepting civilian ascendancy with grace. [English Pakistan Jargon Acronym] [full cite] (Nov. 19, 2006)

Busharraf n. Polls showed Musharraf’s popularity was in free fall at 15 per cent. Some 64 per cent of Pakistanis said they viewed the president’s backers in Washington as “the single biggest threat” to the nation. And people had recently taken to calling the president “Busharraf.” [Pakistan Nickname] [full cite] (Mar. 5, 2008)

doosra n. Perth-based biomechanics experts subsequently tested him and initially found he straightened his bent arm by 14 percent in bowling a delivery tagged the “doosra.” The doosra is a delivery which spins away from right-handers instead of coming into them like a normal off-break. [Hindi Urdu India Pakistan] [full cite] (May. 17, 2004)

doosra n. Moin Khan shouted doosra because he wanted Saqlain to deliver his disguised leg spin. When he said doosra he used the Urdu word for the other one. The purpose was to hide the instruction from the non-Urdu-speaking batsman.…Doosra in Urdu-Hindi means the other or second. It comes from doh meaning two. [Urdu Pakistan Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (May. 30, 2004)

doosra n. Saqlain [Mushtaq], 22, who flicks his thumb and index finger across the seam while keeping his wrist action almost identical to his stock off break, has revolutionised his art with his “doosra”.…“The Urdu word for it is doosra, first is off spin and second is ‘doosra’ bowl. It’s the same grip but I just use my finger, the same spinning finger and my thumb.” [Urdu Pakistan Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jun. 1, 2004)

doosra n. It is his new delivery, his version of the “doosra,” the one that spits and spins away from the right-hander like a leg-break that has aroused suspicion. [Urdu Pakistan Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 1, 2004)

eve-teasing n. Eve teasing or “Eve watching” is watching or trying to meet women, and both are illegal in Pakistan. [English Pakistan Sex & Sexuality] [full cite] (Apr. 28, 2005)

goonda tax n. All the murders committed by the duo are reported to have been linked with their activities of collecting “goonda tax” at the general bus stands of Narowal district. [Pakistan Crime & Prisons Money & Finance] [full cite] (Oct. 7, 2004)

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