Tambram, foreign-(not-yet)-returned, (dubacore) management consultant, (currently) unemployed with 20 Moleskine cachets filled with start-up ideas wondering where the last 20 years of my life went.....bwwahaaa, I want my mommmmy.
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These traditionally started somewhere just below your nipples and much above your belly-button and extended all the way past your ankle to the floor.
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell-bottoms
Combine this with tight floral print (silk) shirt 'tucked-in' with buttons open to show a man's chest hair, a wide belt with sparkly buckle and 'step-cut', was the epitome of urban cool in '70s India. What many may perhaps do not realize that this style was widely popular elsewhere in the world as well having originated in the '60s US with 'flower-power' as 'hippy-chic.'
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Mani: Po-da, vennai.
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bajji - fried chilli in batter
(esp) referred to a specific vendor in the alley-way next to Adyar Hot Breads. Open only for a limited time weekdays (16:00-20:00)...college students and office-goers make a bee-line for this joint. See kai-yendi bhawan and other popular road-side eateries which won't pass any health-and-safety rules but wont cause you harm either.
Kai-yendi (lit) where you reach out (your hand) to be served (food).
See also mootai-bonda, bread-omlette
Usage
I'm hungry.
Mani: hire cycle e-du-thu-tu cutti-bajji sapi-da polla-ma?
(shall we) rent a cycle and go to eat cutti-bajji?
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Jil: 8-10
Jang: 4-7
Jucks (Yucks): 1-3
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Machan - Bro (or Dude)
Oru - 1
-oda - with
varra - coming
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Ramesh and Mani, were talking with the girls near the culvert.
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to boast or big-up yourself in conversation (esp) to impress the opposite sex talking about random topics, appearing pseudo-intellectual or overly gregarious
see also peela adi-kar-thu (or kat-ira-thu)
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Do boast too much, she is not going to believe anything that you say
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The wedding was loud, chaotic and grand.
(lit) gaja - elephant, buja(m) - shoulder
see also thada-buda
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TamilRegion
South IndiaCategories
Phrases & ExpressionsRelated Terms
thada-budaTerms referencing this
jilpaDefinition
fight
brawl
ruckus
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Drunken college students caused a commotion when the police came and beat them.
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(esp) naughty in a mildly sexual context
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That little boy was naughty to the grown-up girls
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e.g. walking bare-foot to the Temple, fasting, shaving ones hair bald, poking / piercing sharp metal objects into ones skin, self-flagellation etc
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(How is the exam prepration comming along?)
Mani: Koil-iku nadandhu varran-inu venduthal, God will do the rest.
(I have promised to walk to the temple, God will do the rest).
See also fatalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatalism) or Kismet or Vidhi, We will do our best, God will do the rest