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Among the lot many things that you learn in your four years of stay in IT-BHU one important thing is the typical lingo, spoken by 'janta' in the all formal and
informal conversations. These may be some newly invented words or some known words with
a completely different connotation. By the time you get out of this college these words are
an integral part of vocab.
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Meaning
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Usage
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Aloo Fry
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Most generously consumed ingredient of any lunch and dinner in mess.
Comes as in many variants as saadha ,pyaaj, miirchi and makhaan aloo fry.
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Chotu aloo fry garaam kaar dho(folks already know that aloo fry has been
made ages ago all the maharaj needs to do it reheat it and send it back as
it is not possible for the maharaj to deliver the required quantity of Aloo
fry for all the juthaa within the bandwidth of any meal)
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AO
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Abbr for Administrative Office , houses the director's (diro's) office a bunch
of useless notices and a rusted chair with two broken legs at the entrance
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Used only for the inquiery of results and dates of vacations.
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Arbit
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Originated from 'arbitrary' meaning weird, without any sense or logic.
Generally a result of some sudden neural impulse leading to an unwanted conclusion..
This is one of the most common adjective in the campus cos' when prefixed
with any noun it conveys a feeling of unwantedness in the noun
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Arbit maaath bol, Arbit maaar ke aa gaya(in exams)
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Arora
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Ice cream man at the campus who also owns a fastfood joint(???) and a STD/ISD
fonebooth at a central location thus making it a natural selection for
multiplexing calls to home on days with bad grub at the mess.
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Bakshis
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The Ritual to gift the Chottu for his weekly service provided ,
usually a very petty cashflow of as low as 2 bucks ..
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Saaab Bakshis
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BBC
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Basket Ball Court ..The most oft played game at this court
is yep..anyone will tell u is cricket. Each junthaa in the campus would have
at least bowled a ball or hit a run here in their stay.. Hardly ever
used for basketball
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Ajj raat mein BBC mein match hai..aa jaana.
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BC
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Commonly used slang for all sorts of gossip in the lobby. also means Branch Change.
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abe kya BC chal raha hai. Itana mat mag BC marega kya?
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Birla Broacha
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synonymous with danger...hostels sheltering the budding politicians of tomorrow.
having any sort of link in these hostels can make you immensely powerful.
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Birla mein link hai isliye kood raha hai.
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Blackhole
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Guy who will take smth from u and never ever return it bak to u.. resemblance
to scientific blackholes with things instead of light ..u can lose shaving razor,
money , bicycle etc etc.
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Bond
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an expert in a particular or all activity (other than studies)
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abe tu to bond ho gaya. bond mat ban etc.
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Baap
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a guy in the immediate senior batch with same class roll no. You will inherit books and drafter from him after ragging.
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abe tere baap ki job lagi kya??
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BTP
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Acronym for B.Tech Project. Final hurdal between the well deserved student and the Degree.
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Bahen
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your non-male (female??) classmate.
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Bumps
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Curious ritual in which person is caught by arms and legs and dashed
to the ground repeatedly to the accompaniment of kicks. It is supposed to show affection.
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Religiously given to anyone on his birthday
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Calci
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Short for Calculator.. The most costliest piece of real estate in the campus
during the endsems. Can house upto 5 farras during endsem and can be easily discarded too.
also used for storing formulae
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calci mein formulae save kar liya hai.
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Chhotu
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The pale looking kid who serves in the mess .. His only purpose in life is to act
as ground for voltages from students and maharaaj alike.
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Chottuuuuu Jaldiiiii (usually heard all over the place during peak hrs)
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Dhakkan
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Last Roll number in the class. The most frustrated person during viva as he is
tortured with all possible questions and answers before he goes in himself.
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Dhakkan, farra pass kar.
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Despo
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Despo is an attitude of the campus...The lust to mix with girls after reading
a lot of theory in forms of regular subscriptions, video shows, visiting friends
and generally thinking abt stuff during boring lectures is what leads to that attitude..
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total despo, major despo, hardcore despo, solid despo
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DG Corner
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Probably the busiest of all corners contains a sutta stall,
ganna juice and a homeshop and also a puncture shop i think
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enthu
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Enthusiasm. .
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enthu nahi hai..
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Fight
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Used for struggling or working hard for something
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abe tu figh to maar..!! fight maaarne ka enthu nahi hai..etc.
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Funda
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All the top notch stuff
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ab jyada funde mat de.
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Fundoo
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commonly used adjective for anyting and everything in good sense
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fundoo movie, fundoo match...etc.
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Fachcha
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Fresher
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Abe koi fuchha pakad la...bore ho raha hai. (during ragging perioud)
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Ghaat
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Banks of river ganga. the most peaceful and charming place to spend evening (or night). and to get grass.
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assi ghaat, dashaswmedh ghaat
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Jantaa
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Synonym to public, mass.
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Abe jantaa kahaan gayi..cricket match hai kya??
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Kaatna
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Make fool of someone...
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kaat diya. uska major kata hai
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Kela
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A hole in the plan that registers itself only while
the activity is underway.It's the hindi word for Murphy's laws of life..
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ssaala... phir se kela ho gaya...
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Kholu
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The top JEE Ranker in the batch..Usually ends up finishing last in the
class due to frustration of having many choices in play and still managing
to screw up and selecting the wrong branch !! Pledges he will never re-elect the same branch if given the chance again.
Also the first person to face the wrath of teachers during viva.
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Kholu tera number aa gaya...(heard during viva)
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Lanka
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Place just outside the campus gate (approx 2 kms away from IT) where basic essentials like notebook, paper, pen , girls etc r available.. there r couple ways to get there and since the campus is a circular one with many crossroads it always will be puzzle as to which routes are the shortest from which hostel...it was more fun when campus bus service started.
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lankating karne chaloge...
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Lobby
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Subset of a hostel, housing a particular branch...
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3rd Mech Lobby, 4th Mining Lobby etc
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Maharaaj
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Head cook of the mess and sometimes given more respect than
the HOD of the dep..Has a bulky frame and has one of those antique
Do Pahiyaas(Bicycles) with an enormous carrier at the back for transporting the
leftovers from the market to the mess to stay in budget
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Maharaaj aap to naraaz hi ho gaye (after a tormenting session of budget allocations this is the cooler !)
Maharaaj aaj phir wohi banaa diye ( this is another thing to make the maharaj aware that he's becoming predictable with his cooking as if it matters to juntaa !!)
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Makku
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(M)adras (A)ndhra (K)erala (K)arnataka (U)nion hence makku..
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generic term for all south indians
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Mochhuu
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A heavily built human with big moustache who makes maagi and bread omelette. Most frequently visited during power cuts and saturday when is mess is closed.
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Mochi Do Maggi Teen Chai jaldi
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Namchha
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Short for Naveen Mahila Chhatrawaas, Nearest Women's Hostel from IT. Lost its charm to some extent after arival of phones in all the hostels.
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namchha ke chakkar laga kar aa raha hai kya...
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Saab
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The cook, chottu usually address the student with this
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Saab, humka paisaa extaraa chahiyee...(during weekly ritual of bakhsees)
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SB
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Swatantrata Bhavan or the amphitheatre
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Scene, Scope
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Chance...but used only negatively
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Scene nahi hai...Scope nahi hai.
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Secy
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Head of one of the hajaar clubs in the campus
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Aaapna Secy major chutiyaa hai
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sutta
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cigarette...the person who purchases never
gets a chance for second puff. only the butt comes back to him after the whole group enjoys it.
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Abe sutta kyun phek diya...(resenting over the half burnt stub trown by some less dedicated suteru.)
(sutte mein safedi baaki hai...kyun baltu)
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TPO
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Abbr for Training Placement Office or Abbr for Training Placement Officer matlab bhagwaan. the one who gives you job.
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WC
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Women's College farthest point from IT. not less imp than a piligrimage place. Has become more accessible after the advent of phones in hostels.
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WC mein koi mil gayi kya..?? (when a guy is looking particualarly happy and getting ready to go somewhere in the evening)
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PMC
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Piya Milan Chauraha - the front gate of Womens college.
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ikka, bikka, sikka, dikka, fakka
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Different grades scored in exams. corresponds to A, B, C, D and F which is fail.
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nehli, dehli, atthi, satti, chhaggi, panji
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Marks scored in exam on the scale of 1 to 10
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nahli phod diya...
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