babalog
n.— «Star News, with its socioeconomic category A and A+ audience firmly in mind, hires the babalog of New Delhi’s movers and shakers, the sort of young people who have trouble reading the Devnagri script.» —“A question of style” by Sevanti Ninan The Hindu (Chennai, India) July 12, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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