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chorporation

chorporation  n.— «The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) will no longer be referred to as “chorporation”, the city’s next mayor, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya of the CPM, promised on Tuesday, moments after he was declared elected from ward 100...

swalpa adjust maadi

swalpa adjust maadi  n.— «Coming back to the phrase “swalpa adjust maadi”—it literally means “please adjust a little,” and is used as a metaphor in daily life. A lady commuter standing in a bus may use the phrase to acquire a little place on an...

whoadie

whoadie n. a casual, familiar form of address for a friend. Also wodie, wody. Editorial Note: This term appears to originate in the hip-hop scene of New Orleans, La. Etymological Note: < wardie ‘resident of a political ward’ (source: Double-Tongued...

shako mako

shako mako  other.— «Another man holds up a small mirror and yells the Iraqi slang phrase “Shako mako? (what’s up?)” as he hops inside a locked ward.» —“Psychiatric Hospital Struggles to Heal in Iraq” by Michael Georgy in Baghdad, Iraq Reuters June...