The lingo learned over time, titbit of conversation, cuss words and almost everything that we carry like a heavy bundle, no matter where we sashay our way in this world. Cliche as it seems adjectives and dash of conversation is internalized and remain an inherent part of us that keeps popping in the mouth or sound to the ear, like music that serves as an aphrodisiac of sort and helping us to vent out, practicing stress alleviation exercise. There are so many words that I keep repeating to myself in the routinesque drivel of thoughts. It helps me to be sorted out, flows like happiness a bit like the breeze of the season and without which, life would be bland. Here it goes!
1. Indian lingo
I keep saying, haan and yaa to everything people tells me and at times it can be a question or someone seeking my opinion on anything. Muttering haan to myself at times become a pleasurable exercise. Last time, I found myself saying haan to a client on phone and it did look weird since the person couldn’t make out the Hindi version. My boss is British and this week only, told her ‘haan’ to something. In the nick of time, I was able to change the conversational tone and drifted to a yes and explaining things. Indian habits, I tell you! It stays with us forever.
2. Cuss words!
Ah! The Indian classic cuss words have now been internalized even in movies that give them color and unique character. They are my free wheeler and visa to happiness, venting out anger or frustration or spitting them out of the blue. The fuck word is a normal in my life or ‘fuck bhenchod’ which I utter from time to time to my lap top. Poor lap top bearing the brunt. An art in giving character to the North Indian, cuss words. Or bhosadi ke, it can be to someone who pissed me off, of course not to the person and the bus failing to run on time. Chutiya is just another oft-repeated adjective during the day.
3. Aye shapath
The perks of being this North Indian, bhaiya dude who stayed in Maharashtra and made the state my home for so many years that the Marathi lingo or words would always dog me like an endless tailspin. Unbelievable! Any single thing that blows the mind in bits and pieces is met with, ‘Aye Shapath from me’. It can be politics or something stupid uttered by the netas.
4. Tag line
The mind is a free-thinker and man, so many time I have come up with taglines that have been completely made up by the brain to be lost in translation. And, to think, I could have made a killing as an ad man who I am not! Baal baal dekho….got no hair, wash the head with detol…money money who stole my coins…smartphone pe asli baat nahin karte….filter coffee every morning makes me a cracko, weirdo and mad man….deewana bana de. Can’t it get more weirder than that!
5. What’s happening dude!
Words lost in translation, what’s happening dude? Cool chick! cool, babe and rocking are stuff that we used during college days and suddenly found myself using the uber cool words again while conversing with some people in our office space or online conversation. Makes me wonder what the new age kids or millennial use as lingo in their everyday life. Could be fuck and forget! Ah! Bad joke! Chill or chillax! How I love using that word!
6. Wazaa and Hiya!
Wazaa and Hiyaa are sent to people on whatsapp or pinging on Gchat and Facebook! Do tell me what do they mean since haven’t been able to figure them out I have got this habit on waking up to call Maa, doesn’t matter if she is a distance away from me out of the scene and coming home knocking the door with Maa so much that the next door toddler has started mocking me when he sees me, the tiny voice starts singing, Maa! The child in me is forever alive and know that! Yeah I do send people a ‘wassup’ on whatsapp! Trying to be cool and jazzy! Err! No! I miss using words like kashi ahes or kaimantas, sorely thinking of the Mumbai and Pune days.
Much love
V
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