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1 Memsahib
similar in usage to "Madam" or "ma'am"————————Honorific to refer to a woman boss or woman of higher status (from "ma'am sahib") -
2 Yorker
a sudden, dangerous and potentially devastating situation; similar use to googly, but usually has a certain amount of danger attached to it. my mother's heart attack while we were hiking in the mountains hit like a yorker, we were far from any medical help. From Yorker another type of cricket delivery. Also used in a similar manner; bouncer. Pakistani English -
3 Hungama
commotion, similar in usage to "brouhaha" -
4 Namaste
greeting said with palms pressed together (similar in usage to "hello")————————A greeting, literally "I respect you", see also "namaskar". -
5 Auld Lang Sang
as an idiom to denote the end of an event or a matter, often to convey sadness; for example, my last day at the job, Auld Lang Sang,. Less often the first words of the song are used in a similar way, "Lest Auld acquaintance be forgot". Pakistani EnglishIभारतीय अंग्रेजी खिचड़ी (Indian-English slang) > Auld Lang Sang
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6 Corporator
elected official in city government, similar to councilman -
7 Public School
A prestigious (and very private) school; similar to Brtish public schools.Iभारतीय अंग्रेजी खिचड़ी (Indian-English slang) > Public School
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8 Samosa
Triangular fried snack food; filled with potatoes, perhaps meat; similar to empanada -
9 B.A.
fail - someone who was admitted to college, took college classes, but did not pass the final examinations, as opposed to someone who did not go to college. 'Higher Secondary (fail)' and 'M.A. (fail)' are similar. (B.A stands for Bachelor of Arts, M.A for Master of Arts)————————pass - used as the opposite to the above -
10 What is your good name?
to mean "What is your full name?," where a questioner wants to know the person's formal or legal given name that may appear on a passport, as opposed to the pet name they would be called by close friends and family. It is a carryover from the Hindi expression "Shubh-naam" (literally meaning "auspicious name") or the Urdu "ism-e shariif" (meaning "noble name"), or in Bengali, bhalo-naam (meaning quite literally "good name" or "proper name"). This is similar to the way Japanese refer to the other person's name with an honorific "O-" prefix, as in "O-namae" instead of the simple "namae" when referring to their own name.Iभारतीय अंग्रेजी खिचड़ी (Indian-English slang) > What is your good name?
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