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

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rupee member n. Chief minister Babulal Gaur’s daughter-in-law looks set to be his heir apparent though she is not even a rupee member (another name for primary member) of the party. [English India Politics] [full cite] (Jul. 10, 2005)

saffron demography n. Although we now know that there is no such thing as race, nevertheless racial purity, numbers and culture are yoked together in all fundamentalist discourses. As Patricia and Roger Jeffery have noted, what has come to be called saffron demography has come to stay, a set of pernicious myths masquerading often as common sense. [English India Politics Race Religion] [full cite] (Apr. 24, 2006)

seconds n. The government has apprehension that ban on arrack sale might trigger of seconds and thirds in liquor trade. (Seconds in excise parlance means non-duty paid liquor and thirds is cheap quality liquor). [English India Food & Drink] [full cite] (Jun. 7, 2007)

shoddy yarn n. I learnt that Panipat is the country’s biggest producer of shoddy yarn, importing rags from Europe, USA, Asia and Canada and spinning them into inexpensive yarn. In fact, its 350-plus shoddy spinning units give Panipat the distinction of having the largest number of shoddy spinning units in the world (Italy’s in the second place). Intrigued by what I’d heard, I decided to visit a shoddy yarn unit in the district. [English India] [full cite] (Sep. 11, 2006)

short eats n.pl. The small, attractive vegetarian pantry at the entrance serves south Indian short eats like idlis, vadas and different varieties of dosas. [English India Food & Drink] [full cite] (Mar. 3, 2005)

sky bill n. Everybody partakes in plundering the funds of the state, sometimes in extremely blatant and cynical fashion, such as in the practice that has come to be known in popular parlance as “sky bill,” where work orders are given out to choice contractors and the bills for the work encashed without the actually execution of the work, understandably with the connivance of a whole hierarchy of officials and the minister. [English India Crime & Prisons Politics] [full cite] (Sep. 9, 2004)

slam bam cricket n. Twenty20 cricket slipped between the covers. Also termed as “slam bam” cricket by many, the shorter version of the game started gaining currency till purists came up with almost the same arguments, batsmen will rule, bowlers will be irrelevant etc. ODIs brought new levels of fitness , tighter bowling and generally better batting to the game and greatly influenced Test cricket in the way they produce results. [English India Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jun. 19, 2007)

son stroke n. However, it appears to have ignored the wider problem of what is called Son Stroke or Uncle Judge, where judges have close relatives practising in the same court. [English India Politics Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 12, 2007)

son stroke n. One fallout of all this is that Deve Gowda, like his predecessors, is now suffering from what is known as “son stroke.” If Narasimha Rao’s sons were dubbed brokers, Indira Gandhi was criticised for Sanjay Gandhi’s brusque and dictatorial style, Morarji Desai’s son Kanti Desai slammed for his wheeling-dealing and V.P. Singh’s son Ajeya framed in the St Kitts affair, Deve Gowda is running the risk of losing his carefully crafted “humble farmer” image. [English India Politics Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 13, 2007)

son stroke n. Son stroke is not new to the Congress, but in Punjab, where the shadow of a split continues to lengthen everyday, it’s more like a son flare.…Last month, virtually every corridor of Punjab Bhawan and Kapurthala House was swarming with offsprings of leaders fighting their battle. [English India Politics Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 13, 2007)

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