Monday, 12 November 2007

Word-spotting

We saw a couple of dandy neologisms the other day, and we just have to share. The beauty of these is that they don't require an explanation. Well, okay, with the first one, a portmanteau, you need to know that "shloka" is a Sanskrit word that means a verse, usually a prayer. (See the Wikipedia definition for more details.)

Here you go.

Shlokaneering
Spotted on the Sarai Reader List, in a mail from S Fatima

Wantrepreneur
Spotted on Valleywag; can't find the exact post or author, alas. here (Thanks, Hanisha)
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1 comment:

  1. HanishaThursday, 29 November 2007 at 15:41:00 GMT+5:30

    Here's the valleywag link explaining wantepreneur :)

    http://valleywag.com/tech/valleyspeak/wantrepreneur-315809.php

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