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

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syuppy n. Hinting at his displeasure at the alleged clout of ambitious professionals and upper-middle class youths in the BJP, Mr. Govindacharya referred to them as “Syuppies” (saffronised upwardly mobile young people). [ Language English Place India] [full cite] (Oct. 29, 2005)

tair lever n. You must have gone to a way side tea stall to have a cup of tea when you may be in a hurry. There you will find few varieties of snacks like a cake, a puff or a Kashmiri bread. But the one item which you can’t forget is flat and a bit longer. Hardly any body knows its real name because it has attained the title of “Tair lever,” a distorted form of tyre lever, given to it by some mobile workshop worker who must have been innovative in nature. [English-derived India Food & Drink] [full cite] (Dec. 5, 2004)

thirds 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)

thulp v. Thulp—Comes from “THUmp into puLP.” To beat the shiit out of something. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 8, 2005)

thulp v. Thulp: extremely widely connotative word—from physically beat to mentally exhaust with everything in between. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 8, 2005)

thulp v. In Italy, unknown Cameroon thulped Maradona’s boys 12 years ago in the World Cup opener. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 8, 2005)

thulp v. Most have expressed fervent hopes that the BJP would get badly thulped in the forthcoming elections. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 8, 2005)

thulp v. Kaduk was explaining to Pepperoni how he would capture this or the other miscreants and punish them by “Thulping” them and breaking their bones. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 8, 2005)

thulp v. Basicaly this was a story of a University of Texas Student Ajay Raaj heckling Ann Coulter during a Q/A session and getting thulped by cops. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 8, 2005)

thulp v. Talking of kashmir,one of the best places to get thulped is a housboat on dal lake.… you let the houseboat owner know what you wanted to eat in the next meal and they made it. being a veg had some downsides but still they rose magnificently to the task. liquor is freely available in the valley. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 8, 2005)

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