BBC's take on Hinglish

Are you a "badmash"? And if you had to get somewhere in a hurry, would you make an "airdash"? Maybe you should be at your desk working, instead you're reading this as a "timepass".

Read the article It's Hinglish, innit?

Sophomoric

conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature

Mnemonic -
Sophomoric slogan
"Change the world"

Soporific

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causing or tending to cause sleep

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Storyteller slumps to soporific levels

Nosegay

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Bouquet, Posy

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Lugubrious

exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful 

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Lugubrious Look

Fallow

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1.of a light yellowish-brown color

Fellow deer

2. (of land)  ploughed but left unplanted to resstore its fertility

Fallow fields
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By crop rotation farmers can keep their fields under continuous production, without the need to let them lie fallow.

Facsimile

exact copy or reproduction or writing, painting, a picture etc.

Factotum

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A factotum is a general servant or a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities. The word derives from the Latin command (imperative construction) fac totum ("do/make everything").

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factotum 

Usage examples -

I applied for a job there, as a factotum on a campsite 

Frivolous

Word meaning -
(of activities) silly or wasteful

lacking in seriousness

Usage examples -

Wasting time with a frivolous complaint

Consumers should avoid filing frivolous cases in court.

Frivolous litigation, as used in colloquial and political terms in the United States, refers to lawsuits that are based on a theory that seems absurd, or where the claim results in damages that greatly exceed what one would expect from reading 

a brief summary of the case. Awards for medical malpractice are sometimes derided as frivolous (in this sense of meaning "excessive").

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Frivolous fun

The Frivolous Fun Finale Fling

Fables for the Frivolous

dunce

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a slow-witted or stupid personUsage examples -
Give Dunce's Cap to the Examination Markers

scrupulous

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1 : having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper
2 : punctiliously exact
http://www.aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/scrupulous
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Scrupulous cleanliness

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1.
However, this does not mean that a civilized and scrupulous society can adopt violent means to resolve these problems

2.
Scrupulous Scholar

3.

Scrupulous Selection

requiem

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1: a mass for the dead

2 a: a solemn chant (as a dirge) for the repose of the dead

b: something that resembles such a solemn chant

3 a: a musical setting of the mass for the dead

b: a musical composition in honor of the dead

Mozart conducts a rehearsal of his Requiem in this romanticized image of his last day.

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scruple

Word meaning -
a minute part or quantity

Tote

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to carry by hand
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tote


Tote bags






More tote bags

PAIL

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a usually cylindrical container with a handle

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pail

More Pails

Belligerent

Word meaning -
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belligerent
1. waging war; specifically : belonging to or recognized as a state at war and protected by and subject to the laws of war
2: inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness

Usage examples -
In 1896 Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist who had grown super-rich by inventing dynamite and developing it into a universal tool for both beneficial and belligerent purposes, died at the age of 63.

Mnemonics -
Beneficial and belligerent sound like opposite terms.

Belligerent Bulldog with an Array of Assorted Weaponry
Belligerent Bush calls Iranian Leader Belligerent


Additional notes -
Taken from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belligerent

synonyms belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, quarrelsome, contentious mean having an aggressive or fighting attitude. belligerent often implies being actually at war or engaged in hostilities . bellicose suggests a disposition to fight . pugnacious suggests a disposition that takes pleasure in personal combat . quarrelsome stresses an ill-natured readiness to fight without good cause . contentious implies perverse and irritating fondness for arguing and quarreling .

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scupper

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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scupper
NOUN -
1. A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
2. (architecture) A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.

Scupper SeriesVERB -
to scupper
1. (UK) thwart, destroy
Quotations
"We can't allow US tantrums to scupper global justice".
This bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.
Usage examples -
We can't allow US tantrums to scupper global justice
This bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.

scum

Word meaning -

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scum

1 a: extraneous matter or impurities risen to or formed on the surface of a liquid often as a foul filmy covering —

pond scum
























b: the scoria of metals in a molten state : dross

c: a slimy film on a solid or gelatinous object

2 a: refuse
b: a low, vile, or worthless person or group of people



adjective - scummy

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