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

Associated with or special to Pakistan or Pakistani people, places, or things. You can also see citations assigned to this category.

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chamcha n. a sycophant, toady, or hanger-on. (posted Sep. 23, 2004) [full entry…]

doosra n. a cricket delivery bowled in such as way as to spin away from right-handed batsmen. (posted Jun. 3, 2004) [full entry…]

eve-teasing n. harassment of, or sexually aggressive behavior toward, women or girls. (posted Apr. 28, 2005) [full entry…]

goonda tax n. money extorted as ‘protection’ or to permit passage on public thoroughfares, or paid as a simple bribe. (posted Oct. 7, 2004) [full entry…]

half-widow n. a woman whose husband is missing but not known to be dead. (posted Jul. 14, 2006) [full entry…]

journalists’ colony n. government-subsidized housing or land intended for citizens employed in the media. (posted Aug. 17, 2005) [full entry…]

KLPD n. sexual frustration; blue balls; unfulfilled (sexual) desire or an unfulfilled promise; (hence) a letdown, a disappointment. (posted Mar. 4, 2005) [full entry…]

pen down strike n. a labor protest in which workers are present at their jobs but do no work. (posted Jan. 19, 2006) [full entry…]

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