Mehran of San Antonio, who grew up in Iran, notes that in Farsi, khaki means earthy or down-to-earth. English got the word through British military use in South Asia. By the 1840s, soldiers in northern India or what is now Pakistan were wearing a...
cooking accident
n.— «“Cooking accident” has long been a euphemism for dowry killing in India.» —“Kurdistan’s Fatal Flames” by Kevin Peraino Newsweek Sept. 18, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
spermarche n.— «For e.g. a boy is capable of fatherhood from the time he achieves spermarche i.e. nocturnal emissions.» —“Teen tango” by S. Yamuna The Hindu (India) Sept. 11, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued...
shipset n.— «Last year, the aircraft division managed to increase the manufacture of “shipsets”—aviation parlance for a set of right and left hand doors—for the Airbus A320.» —“Civilian orders dominate HAL...
tube light
n.— «Tube light is a slang used to describe nitwits.» —“Who invented the light bulb?” Rediff (India) Apr. 27, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)