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

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A factor n. They judged the participants not only for their singing talent but also their attitude or the “A” factor as it is called. [English India] [full cite] (Apr. 5, 2005)

aerial tsunami n. The relentless downpour during the last seven days has prompted Chief Minister Narendra Modi to dub it as an “aerial tsunami.” [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 4, 2005)

AP n. Whenever my son, living in Mumbai, was asked why he was going to Delhi, his reply was “to see my A. Pees.” A.P. stood for aged parents. [English India] [full cite] (Aug. 29, 2004)

auto-rick n. And speaking of auto-rickshaws, I did work up the courage to make a few short trips on the three-wheelers. Affectionately called “auto-ricks” by the locals, they reminded me of Bangkok’s infamous tuk-tuks. [English India Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Jul. 31, 2005)

babalog n. These are the ‘babalog,’ the young crowd, or to use the buzzword of the Indian media, the ‘GenNext’: cyber-savvy, computer-literate, young urban professionals. [India] [full cite] (May. 16, 2004)

babalog n. Star News, with its socioeconomic category A and A+ audience firmly in mind, hires the babalog of New Delhi’s movers and shakers, the sort of young people who have trouble reading the Devnagri script. [India] [full cite] (May. 16, 2004)

babalog n. i m anyway opposed to this Kakaji (Babalog) culture where these brats are given so many resources and power that they consider themselves much above the lesser mortals. [India] [full cite] (May. 16, 2004)

babalog n. This is a hilarious article I dug up from an Illustrated Weekly dated July 5, 1970…"Our Brown Sahebs–By Bachi N. Kanga…The Brown Sahebs babalog go to public schools where they wear caps and striped ties (the tie is Very important, it is the bond of a lifetime), learn latin, play cricket and eat Irish stew. They get their facts of Indian history from S.Reed Brett. Esq., who dwells in great and gory detail over, the Black Hole of Calcutta. Jalianwalla Bagh? Never heard of it.” [India] [full cite] (May. 16, 2004)

babalog n. The Babalog are gearing up for the party ahead (everything’s a party, darling, when you get to the bottom of it). Their idea of grass-roots level democracy does not go beyond checking their own manicured lawns for weeds. Don’t be surprised if election promises include really, really vital stuff like extending lounge bar timings and doing away with taxes on designer clothes. The party they belong to is the one being hosted by a polo-playing buddy in a sprawling farmhouse. These good-looking leaders will push an agenda that might include the transformation of their shrewdly-chosen constituencies into versions of Buddha Bar. [India] [full cite] (May. 16, 2004)

Bangalored adj. An online anti-outsourcing website is marketing a T-shirt with the legend “Don’t Get Bangalored,” a term suggesting losing one’s job to outsourcing. [English India United States Technology] [full cite] (Jul. 23, 2004)

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