AAP Effect: When amoral politicians start showing symptoms of being power averse. A temporary phenomenon, after all how long can flies stay away from sweets.
Aston Martin: So far known mainly to James Bond fans and car
freaks; its Dark Knight like appearance on Mumbai's Peddar Road revealed its
destructive potential. Forget the ill-fated cars which happened to be on the road at that time, even the URLs that contained some
tidbits about the incident suffered an untimely wreck!!
Betrayed Billion: A term coined by brain dead TV anchors to
convey their anguish over match fixing scandal and supplanting their fantasy
that 'the nation' also thinks so (yawn).
Bhaiya: A commonplace term to address brothers and give men
on the street a feeling of importance got a whole new connotation, courtesy
Asaram Bapu. The Godman would like us to believe that the damsels in distress
just need to address their tormentors as 'bhaiya' to make them melt away from
their evil intent.
Chowmein: Got elevated to the status of Spanish Fly, thanks
to scientists at Khap laboratory. Pity the dish is not purely Indian, but the
adulterated Hindustani masalas is something we can feel proud of.
Dented and Painted: This was Pranab Mukherjee's son
Abhijith's Digivijay moment. That day he lost his anonymity and had a feel of
the heat of media glare.
Feku: Stories of Loh Purush's organisational skills have spread far and wide, thanks to a well oiled PR machinery. But the tall tales of his Rambo act after Uttarakhand floods took away much of the sheen.
Gold: Its lure in the country spans all centuries, social strata, language and even regional divides. It commands more respect than any other financial instrument, much to the askance of finance ministry mandarins. Quite ironic for a country with Saharan social indices.
100 crore club: The new benchmark for Bollywood rat race. How the movies rake in such a figure is as coherent as the story line of Dhoom 3 or Krishh 3 and as credible as Salman Khan's claim to virginity.
Feku: Stories of Loh Purush's organisational skills have spread far and wide, thanks to a well oiled PR machinery. But the tall tales of his Rambo act after Uttarakhand floods took away much of the sheen.
Gold: Its lure in the country spans all centuries, social strata, language and even regional divides. It commands more respect than any other financial instrument, much to the askance of finance ministry mandarins. Quite ironic for a country with Saharan social indices.
Internal matter: When an editor gets caught pants down. The
publishing house closes ranks and even its competitors wink and keep quiet. But with Twitter and Facebook around they seldom remain so and get
'viral'.
Laceration: The dictionary defines it as 'a jagged wound or
cut'. But it is also caused if the cover over a teterestone fuelled act by a
famous person gets blown off. Highly fleeting moment, at the most it lasts till an advocate is finalised.
Pappu: His speeches tend to increase the escape velocity of
his audience. Poverty of ideas is after all a state of mind!
Pee-dam: A highly innovative water conservation concept. You can count on this dam when monsoon fails. Location: Somewhere in Maharashtra. Chief engineer and architect: Ajit Pawar.
Pee-dam: A highly innovative water conservation concept. You can count on this dam when monsoon fails. Location: Somewhere in Maharashtra. Chief engineer and architect: Ajit Pawar.
Selfie: Social media has been stoking the inherent narcissism in us. The latest offering is the 'selfie'. Though many have been doing it of yore it got a name only recently.
Spot Fixing: Though this 20/20 version of match fixing had been around before, it came under spotlight during the IPL.
Tunch Maal: I had thought that my Hindi is pretty good until I came across this yorker from Digvijay Singh. Though he tried to explain that he used the term from a goldsmith's perspective, he failed to realise that in post-Nirbhaya world such terms are no longer kosher, even in jest.
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