bulb
v.— «The only thing of note that was held on a large scale that i can remember from last sem was shaastra but it too was too high funda for poor guys like me—i was bulbing at every possible event i tried to take part in(ok ok, i dont mean to say that i did manage to do something significant at saarang).» —“this sem…” by KB Ganesh The Fart Lair (Chennai, India) Mar. 2, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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