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

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

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TINA n. A neologism derived from Indian politics seems poised as the most acceptable explanation for developments in British politics. This is the TINA factor, which, spelt out, means there is no alternative. [English India Acronym] [full cite] (May. 5, 2005)

touching n. One of the organisers equated the gesture with the free supply of “touchings” (as the pickles provided free of cost along with liquor in bars in central Kerala are referred to in local parlance). He felt that such gestures are essential to retain customer loyalty. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 2, 2005)

tube light n. Tube light is a slang used to describe nitwits. [English India Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 27, 2007)

vernac adj. English Medium Schools in India: alienation from families and common people? Non English mediums school kids called “vernacs” or HMT’s (Hindi Medium Type=Hindustan Machine Tools). [English India] [full cite] (May. 18, 2005)

vernac adj. They had argued and talked and laughed about what to call their parts, she hated lund and chut, how vernac and crude and vulgar she said. [English India] [full cite] (May. 18, 2005)

vernac adj. There is the image, that to be successful, you have to speak English, wear a certain kind of clothes, frequent certain kind of places.” Says 14-year-old Rachna: “I can’t think of mixing with the vernac types. What do we talk about. And how?” [English India] [full cite] (May. 18, 2005)

vernac adj. I remember with anger and frustration, the long hours I spent pleading with some sponsors to consider my productions, to no avail. Any other language apart from English, is considered infra dig and vernac! English, no matter how dumb the production is, remains cool! [English India] [full cite] (May. 18, 2005)

vernac adj. “They wanted a famous name from Mumbai to put on the marquee. I even organised that,” she said, “I got them a star performer, but they didn’t like him, said he was too vernac.” “Meaning what?” “Meaning he did serious theatre and gave interviews in Hindi and Marathi. They dumped him, and got me someone else instead.” [English India] [full cite] (May. 18, 2005)

vernac adj. Through their circulation among a fluent English-speaking, often convent-educated community, these joking questions highlight the processes of insider/outsider demarcation common to stereotyping in general. They characterize, for instance, the Tamilian or the Gujarati as having pronounced regional accents when speaking Enlish (creating thus the figure of “the vernac.") [English India] [full cite] (May. 18, 2005)

vernac adj. You mean to say “The indian team morale IS down"…you PAKI vernac!!! [English India] [full cite] (May. 18, 2005)

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