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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half widow n. Despite having more than 50,000 widows and orphans, thousands in jail, hundreds of missing youth and half widows—a term for those whose husbands are missing—we still lead a normal life. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 14, 2006)

half widow n. In response to another question he said there are more than 8,000 “half widows” in Kashmir, who are not certain what has happened to their husbands. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 14, 2006)

half-widow n. The Kashmiri half-widow closed her eyes as she gave the same facts that she had given to every name in the pile of cards. [English India Pakistan] [full cite] (Jul. 14, 2006)

history sheeter n. The words “history sheeter” and “rowdy sheeter” are often used in India to refer to a person who has a long criminal record—someone who has been arrested several times. [English India Crime & Prisons Police] [full cite] (Jan. 28, 2006)

huge bottom spread 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)

informal housing n. “So with a shortfall as big as that, is it any surprise that the prices have sky-rocketed and informal housing has grown beyond control?” he asks. Informal housing is estate agents’ parlance for slums, in which more than 60% of the city’s 18 million people live. [English India Houses & Housing Euphemism] [full cite] (Nov. 16, 2006)

item boy n. We don’t have just “item girls” but “item boys” as well. And why not? After all, a star is a commodity that helps to sell a film. [English India Entertainment] [full cite] (Jul. 2, 2005)

item girl n. Upcoming performers who start their careers in the Hindi film industry by doing dance numbers in films or music videos—“item girls” in Bollywood parlance—are now becoming part of Kathmandu’s entertainment scenario as well. [English India Entertainment] [full cite] (Oct. 4, 2004)

item girl n. Shilpa Shetty tells Lata Khubchandani that she’s happy to have abandoned her “item song” reputation and rebuilt her career from scratch. The one-time “item” girl has suddenly become one of the most sought after actresses in Bollywood. [English India Entertainment Music] [full cite] (Oct. 5, 2004)

item girl n. For instance, it is believed Varma is yet to recover from Bollywood’s applause for the bestowal from his stable—the redesigned Matondkar to item-girl Isha. [English India Entertainment Music] [full cite] (Oct. 5, 2004)

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