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

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babalog n. a young, Westernized social group or individual concerned with wealth, pop culture fads, appearance, material goods, or other superficialities; a yuppy or yuppies. Formerly associated with associates of Rajiv Gandhi. (posted May. 16, 2004) [full entry…]

booth capturing n. the act of seizing and controlling a polling station so that many fraudulent votes may be cast there. (posted May. 11, 2004) [full entry…]

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

convenio n. a convenience store sited with a gas (petrol) fueling station. (posted Sep. 20, 2005) [full entry…]

cow-dust hour n. dusk, twilight, or the end of the working day. Also cow-dust time. (posted May. 12, 2006) [full entry…]

creamy layer n. (in India) the wealthiest citizens in the lowest castes. (posted Sep. 5, 2006) [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…]

item girl n. in Indian cinema, a woman who appears in an item song; (hence) a female actress, singer, or dancer, esp. one who is poised to become a star. (posted Oct. 5, 2004) [full entry…]

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

jugaad n. an improvised or jury-rigged solution; inventiveness, ingenuity, cleverness. (posted Jul. 17, 2004) [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…]

love-cum-arranged marriage n. matrimony between a mutually acceptable and consenting couple that has been facilitated by the couple’s parents. (posted Aug. 24, 2005) [full entry…]

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