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quarter se, quarter tak

quarter se, quarter tak  n.— «“After the economic reforms, the com[p]etition is far greater, and like the west, there is pressure for every quarter’s results…” “The QSQT phenomena as they call it, quarter se, quarter tak...

mossy

mossy  n.— «Mumbai has developed its own language (not to be confused with “Hinglish”). For example, Punjabis are “punjus,” Gujaratis are “gujjus,” Marwaris are “maadus,” Parsis are...

chamcha

chamcha  n.— «All three have pulled strings in their respective parties to get Assembly poll tickets for their puppets and close confidants, better known in political parlance as chamchas.» —“Leaders’ chamchas get lucky” by...

AP

AP  n.— «Whenever my son, living in Mumbai, was asked why he was going to Delhi, his reply was “to see my A. Pees.” A.P. stood for aged parents.» —“Maybe we should lighten up….” by...

lung-opener

lung-opener  n.— «To that extent, the lung opener, to borrow an expression from horse racing lexicon, was useful in fine-tuning the team for the stern tests ahead, starting with the clash against Sri Lanka at Dambulla tomorrow...

Generation E

Generation E  n.— «While members of Generation E may take these gizmos for granted, anybody who has been acquainted with the mammoth mainframes of yore is bound to be rattled by such relentless miniaturisation.» —“Tomorrow’s...

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