Entries in the Category India
Associated with or special to India or Indian people, places, or things. You can also see citations assigned to this category.
Associated with or special to India or Indian people, places, or things. You can also see citations assigned to this category.
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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