Telugu Slang Expressions : Please add your expressions to the list

[TeluguGuy]

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to compile a list of Telugu Slang Expressions. I can think
of 2 right now, and I will post more as I remember them, and learn
from other people.

1) nAku anta scEnu lEdu bAbu
2) Lightga tHisuko ( Hyderabadi?)

Please add the ones you know to the list, Also, some interesting
comments on that particular expression like slang from which part of
AP., would be very appreciated.

Thanks In Advance

Venu

[TeluguGuy]

Some more Telugu Slang Expressions.. ( Courtesy of Kamesh..)

1. Cat -> used equally for genuine praise or for obvious falttery
2. cat is widely used with "cAt mAya nuvvu"..very commonly used in Vizag
for ridiculing the other person
3. BTW, I have never heard "lightga Thisko",...it's always "light thisko"
4. Enjoy! as in Enjoy...
5. Pandaga chesko...to convey "this will make you happy"
6. Jaga is used as a stand alone to convey "wasting something"...usually
used as "jAga bokka"

These are from the Vizag thread..

Katti (knife) - Analogous to the American "cool"
maayya ( distorted form of "maavayya") - Guys often address each other
using this.

Thanks folks.. lets hear more..

Venu

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[Arun Kiran Josyula]

Hi all

I got to know about a slang word from Vizag through my vizag roommates

Bucketing -> Meaning trying to impress a girl through talk.

Arun

[TeluguGuy]

Thats new Arun, never heard that before..
Anyone know how you use that?

Bucketing chestunnadu... hmm just sounds weird.. any history on this
??

more..more people..

I have 3 more.. these are not slangs.. but movie dialogues.. that I
thought are funny..

-- saelti lechipotai

-- kassu bussu mantey karchai pothavu

-- Cheyyi chusava yenta ruffga unnayi..ruff aadista

( Courtesy of AE,Sharanya on #India in Undernet )

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[Vani Meenakshi Mynampati]

Hi
I thought i'd add one more to this list

"Oka Range lo" - means chaala ekkuva ga / used to stress or emphasize on
something
a funny one - "what for you mother knife?" means "neekentamma katthi"..
lol :)
one more courtesy kamesh...im not sure if its the same one
- "Pulihara ayya/amma" where pulihara actually means yellow
rice and the slang is analogous to "big deal!"

hope i havent managed to repeat anything already said.if i have im sorry!
Vani
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[Ajith]

Hi Everybody:
Hope I am not giving redundant information here. I happened to
remember something and here it goes:

Punk teesavu gaa!! (Hyderabadi)..Which means something like, "You did
a great thing".

take care all!
-ajith

[Ram Mohan]

anyone from RECW will know a word - ubbara. it means to inflate the
ego of another person by flattery. most of the times the objective is
to take him for a ride.

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[Raghu Tirupati]

I don't know if anybody mentioned "ghud" meaning sweet among other things
used to tease girls.

How do I get a list of all these slang terms? Is this a bad question?

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[TeluguGuy]

Hey raghu.. just follow this thread for more slang terms.. not many
slang terms yet.. but we will get there.

how do you pronounce "ghud"? Give us a context..
Thanks

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