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

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banner headline n. The journalistic fraternity has its own way of describing the people, the things or the events in a lighter vein. A tall gracious girl is referred to as a “Banner Head line” and a person’s obesity, particularly the lower portion of the body, is described as a “huge bottom spread.” The lingo is attached to the full width head line for the major story and bottom story on the front page of the newspaper. [English India Media] [full cite] (Dec. 5, 2004)

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)

bazaar-bunk n. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC), as part of its Vision 2000 scheme, has launched beautified multi-utility “bazaar-bunks.” The Fortune 500 company has drawn up plans to commission new retail outlets all over the country and has undertaken a project to upgrade the existing retail outlets to international standards. [English India Business] [full cite] (Sep. 19, 2005)

blade bank n. Here is a model village that is free from the ravenous moneylenders who extend loans to hapless farmers on exorbitant interest rates. Better known as “Blade Banks” in local parlance, these private banks bleed the villagers with abnormal interest loans and difficult terms, which drive many helpless victims into suicide. [English India Money & Finance] [full cite] (Mar. 10, 2008)

blend team n. That will pretty much provide a wide spectrum of countries that Indian will have played versus before reaching Athens. Apart from the above, India have already played Australia, South Korea and Malaysia (some, though, by a “blend team”, a new phrase used by the federation’s media man). [India Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (May. 21, 2004)

Bombay docks n. Another one is “bombay docks,” used when a girl has bad body odour. [English India Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 5, 2006)

booth capturing n. The men had carried out a new version of a storied Indian electoral trick: “booth capturing,” in which armed thugs hired by political parties seize control of a polling place and stuff ballot boxes. [English India Politics] [full cite] (Apr. 27, 2004)

booth capturing n. Police said that the deaths and injuries occurred during clashes between rival parties, police gunfire to break up disturbances and incidents of “booth capturing,” a uniquely South Asian election phenomenon in which armed partisan gangs raid a polling station where an election is closely contested and shoot it out until one party takes command of the election boxes. [English India Politics] [full cite] (May. 11, 2004)

booth capturing n. The general secretary of the Congress Party, Malik Mohiuddin, said the National Conference Party had destroyed “the very fiber of the democratic system in the country by its alleged large-scale rigging and booth capturing.” [English India Politics] [full cite] (May. 11, 2004)

BRIC n. He predicts massive growth coming through between now and 2050 not only in China but also in India, Brazil and Russia—he has coined the term “BRICs” to represent these countries collectively. While he sees vast potential in Russia and Brazil, it is nothing near as colossal as India and China. [English Brazil China India Russia Business Acronym] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2005)

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