|
Slang used |
Meaning |
As in |
|
Act tough |
defiant |
don't act tough or you'll get a jhaap |
|
Ahtzees |
8 annas |
lend us ahtzees |
|
Aloo |
hole in sock |
he has an aloo in his sock |
|
AO |
Among Ourselves |
monthly school magazine |
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Benders |
see also 'straps' |
he got benders in the study hall |
|
Bhutt |
lying |
he was bhutting about his conquests |
|
Black Chocolate |
see also 'straps' and 'benders' |
he's going to get the black chocolate |
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Bogs |
toilets |
always in disrepair |
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Bread |
money |
do you have any bread? |
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Buck |
brag |
don't buck about your results |
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Buck |
rupee |
it costs one buck |
|
Bumf |
bum fodder (toilet paper) |
got any spare bumf? |
|
Bumps |
seat hits dirt |
usually captain of football team gets to enjoy this after
winning |
|
Bunk |
escape |
cut classes or to go out-of-bounds |
|
Burra chota |
special breakfast |
we got burra chota on feast days |
|
Bzzzz |
see 'Shaving' |
noise made by students when one goes up to shave teacher |
|
Catty |
catapult |
I knocked out the street light with my catty |
|
Chapao |
strike with tennis ball |
he chapao'ed it soooooo hard |
|
Charzees |
4 annas |
two of those is charzees |
|
Chattawalla |
Paulites |
did you see those Chattawallas in town today? |
|
Chhokra |
street urchin |
"don't act like a chhokra boy" said Mr. Banerjea |
|
Chouce |
to extract |
he was chouceing me for bread |
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Cog |
cheat |
he is always cogging in his exams |
|
Conk-out |
faint |
after running half the marathon he conked out in town |
|
Conk-out |
faint but figuratively |
he let go a big one and the guys conked out |
|
Convy dames |
convent girls |
convy dames have arrived |
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Dads |
Reverend |
affectionate name for any priest |
|
Dames |
girls, mainly Loreto |
hey, look at those dames, man |
|
Dhaap |
moron |
don't be a dhaap |
|
Dhik |
shoulder charge |
I gave him a dhuk to get the ball |
|
Dog Biscuit |
school cookies |
he was chouceing me for my dog biscuits |
|
Dowzees |
2 annas |
it costs only dowzees |
|
Fag |
cigarette |
got a fag? |
|
Floating |
infatuated |
he was floating after dancing with her |
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Gan |
untruth (imitation of Hindi's 'gyan') |
beat own's chest, as in "he was giving gan again" or "don't give
gan" |
|
Gogs |
glasses or spectacles |
he dropped his gogs in the bogs |
|
Grub |
food |
got any grub? |
|
Hard up |
broke |
I'm really hard-up today |
|
Hatching |
to waste time |
don't hatch, man, get the ball |
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Have it out |
fight |
let's have it out |
|
Havoc |
mess, chaos or disorder |
he created a lot of havoc with the pop |
|
Hillcut |
person from the hills |
he's not a hillcut; he's from the plains |
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Hog |
eat a lot |
don't hog it all, man |
|
Jalabe |
big smile |
he had a big jalabe on his face |
|
Jhaap |
blow or hit |
I will give you a jhaap |
|
Jhaaped |
easily beat |
I jhaaped him in chess and carroms |
|
Khud |
hillside |
the ball went over the khud |
|
Kulloo |
box wallah |
I bought the grub from kulloo |
|
Kunny |
fashionable |
he was wearing kunny shoes |
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Macks |
raincoats |
leave your wet macks in the hall |
|
Marbs |
marbles |
he won all my marbs |
|
Mug |
study hard all the time |
did you mug for the exam? |
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Pilling |
lying |
that's a pill, man |
|
Pop |
Reverend |
any Father |
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Purchase Order |
unofficial outing |
for purchase from Kalooram's, P.C. Banerjee, Writer's Friend |
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Shaving |
to gain favour |
look at him shaving Fr. Rector |
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Shining |
bungling |
not at one's best |
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SJs |
Reverend |
affectionate name for any priest meaning Sub Juntawalla |
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Sneak |
snitch |
he sneaked to the headmaster |
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Solid |
very good |
sol-i-i-d! convy dames are here |
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Stand |
pay for |
will you stand me a bun-anda? |
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Straps |
long 14" leather sap |
he is going to get straps today |
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Strikes |
matches |
got any strikes with your fags? |
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TP |
toilet paper |
there's some TP in bogs number 4 |
|
Tuck shop |
snack room selling candies |
I got a stick-jaw from the tuck shop |
|
Tuck-walla |
food vendor |
with a trunk full of food on his head |
