A for Adjust.
Punjabis will always ask you to adjust whenever they want to push you around.
B for Backside.
It has nothing to do with your bum, it is an instruction to go to the rear of a building, or block, or shop or whatever.
C for Cloney.
It's not a process for replicating sheep, nor is its first name George. It is merely an area where people live e.g . ... Dfence Cloney.
D for Daru-sharu.
The most popular health & energy drink. It is believed that there must have been some error in the scientific conclusion that life began with water.
E for Expanditure.
Punjabis are never shy of spending money – the latest cars, gadgets, marble floors: their ambitions are always expanding.
F for Fackade.
Even though it sounds like a bad word it is actually just the front of a building (with backside being the back, of course).
G for Gaddi.
The way a Punjabi can pilot his gaddi puts any F1 driver to shame. (If the Grand Prix does come to Delhi there's no way a
Schumaker, Hamilton, Alonso or Kimi can overtake our Balvinder, Jasvinder, Sukhvinder or Harvinder.)
H for Ho Jayega Ji.
The moment you hear that you have to be careful because you can be reasonably sure it's not going to happen.
I for Intezaar.
To know more about it see P.
J for Jindagi.
If there's one person who knows how to live life to the fullest it's a Punjabi.
K for Khanna, Khurana, Khosla etc.
The Punjabi equivalent of the Joneses ( e.g. keeping up with the Khoslas')
L for Lovely.
Unfortunately she almost never is.
M for Mrooti.
The car that an entire generation of Punjabis were in love with.
N for No Problem Ji.
To find out how that works see H.
O for Oye.
This can be a surprise (Oyye!), a greeting (Oyy!), anger (OYY!) or pain (Oy oy oy...).
P for Panj Mint.
No matter how near (1 km) or far (100 km) a Punjabi is from you he always says he'll reach you in panj mint.
Q for Queue.
A word completely untranslatable into Punjabi.
R for Riks .
Punjabi is always prepared to take one, even if the odds are against him.
S for Sweetie.
Bunty, Pappu and Sonu, who seem to own half the cars in Delhi.
T for official bird of Punjab.
Tandoori chicken.
U for uncle ji.
When you lose your sex appeal and become 'Uncle-ji' (Aunti ji's please dont think you have been spared !!))
V for VIP.
Phone numbers @ Rs 15 lakh and counting.
W for Whan,
As in 'Whan are you coming, ji?'
X for the many X-rated.
Words that flow freely in all Punjabi conversations.
Y for 'You Nonsense'.
When anger replaces vocabulary in a shouting match.
Z for Zigzag.
Please refer to G, M and P.
Please refer to G, M and P.
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