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

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chamcha n. Chamcha Sycophant (lit. ‘spoon’). [English Hindi India Politics] [full cite] (Sep. 23, 2004)

chamcha n. Chamcha: A Person who uses lot of “Maska” to promote his self interest. The villan in old kannada movies, nowadays potrayed as a statesman. [India] [full cite] (Oct. 2, 2004)

champied adj. If you’ve ever fallen into a dreamy stupor while having your hair washed at the hairdresser on a Saturday morning, then you’ve been “champied.” The Hindi word champi refers to head massage and is the origin of the word shampoo. [India] [full cite] (Aug. 9, 2005)

champissage n. We use a chopping technique called champissage (where the English word shampoo comes from), hair tugging to stimulate the scalp and follicles, as well as pressing on marma, or pressure points. [English India] [full cite] (Feb. 19, 2006)

Chime n. A love-in is going on between the Middle East and Asia, in particular China. The growing trade between the regions has spawned a buzz-word: Chime (China, India, Middle East). Another term, equally cheesy, is the New Silk Road, reflecting the fact that goods and services are once again flowing along the route that connected the Middle East and Asia until the 13th century. [English China India New or Nonce Abbreviation] [full cite] (Feb. 12, 2007)

Chindia n. An accelerating trend is that technical and managerial skills in both China and India are becoming more important than cheap assembly labor. China will stay dominant in mass manufacturing, and is one of the few nations building multibillion-dollar electronics and heavy industrial plants. India is a rising power in software, design, services, and precision industry. This raises a provocative question: What if the two nations merge into one giant “Chindia?” [English China India] [full cite] (Sep. 13, 2005)

chocolate n. Film’s director Vivek Agnihotri says ‘Chocolate’ is a code word. “Just like we have Indian slangs for one lakh (peti) and one crore (khoka), ‘Chocolate’ is a slang for illegal goods,” says Agnihotri. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 2, 2005)

chorporation n. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) will no longer be referred to as “chorporation”, the city’s next mayor, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya of the CPM, promised on Tuesday, moments after he was declared elected from ward 100. [English India Politics] [full cite] (Jun. 23, 2005)

chummery n. PG accommodations, working people’s hostels, messes are fast making ways for what is known as called chummery, a new buzzword among host of urban professionals.…Most of such “mixed” apartments are owned and maintained by companies and those looking for stories of orgies may not get the “right stuff”. Many MNCs provide mixed chummeries not only to cut costs but also to provide busy youngsters with an opportunity to strike up a sustainable rapport beyond confines of the office chambers. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 15, 2005)

convenio n. Convenios:24X7 convenience stores situated close to homes to generate high footprints. Convenios carry a limited stock of daily use goods with a special focus on food products eg. In & Out petrol pump outlets. [English India Business Petroleum] [full cite] (Sep. 19, 2005)

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