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Remember those times when English grammar was not existent, let alone an enemy? Seems like a long time since that happened, right?. School days, yes! This was when new and hip words got added to our dictionary at the blink of an eye! Come on, you used them and thought they were cool, and some actually were.


Various everyday words mostly stemmed from regional dialects like Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil etc. These words became a huge part of who were (/are).

Cutting short..

1) Your head: This word was a winner. 'Your head' is an exact translation of Nin thale in Kannada. It was used as the first and best retort at something/anything you did not agree with.

Don't agree with me? Your head!

2) Sim simply : You remember this word, don't you? It loosely means doing something for no specific reason or simply, very very simply. For instance if someone ate erasers, he simply 'ate erasers' wouldn't suffice, 'sim simply ate erasers' was how it was done. 

Simsimply don't eat erasers ya!

3) Maha : Maha was used to describe enormity. Maha literally means major or great in almost all South Indian languages.
In can be used in context of size, intelligence or anything big really.

This maha fellow's intelligence is unbelievable!

4) God promise : Are you accused of something you might/might not have done? Are all evidences pointing towards you? There comes God promise to the rescue. God of all promises, utter these magic words and the trial is over. You're innocent. Nothing flies over God promise.
God promise, miss!

5) Dude : Basically this isn't an Indian origin slang (as you all know). However, we've teased this word to our convenience and made it our own. A recent research has shown that the word 'dude' is used as frequently as uprisings in Egypt. Dude!

'Deewd, doood, dud' are some of its variants.

6) Da, Ra, Macha : These are the Indian equivalents of dude. They are used to address male friends. (not necessarily friends though). Some might prefer dude to da but what dude, da is any day cooler!

7) Getdowning : This is a grammatical error alright but it is so silly. I distinctly remember thinking getdowning WAS 'getting down'.

I was getdowning the bus when suddenly that cycle came!

8) Thu : I still use this word, don't you? Thu is used to express frustration. You can insert it anywhere and it instantly changes the mood. Want me to demonstrate? 

A : Hey, how are you?
B : Thu, I'm fine.

Get it? No? Okay moving on..

9) Chumma : Being a Malayalee myself, I've used chumma more than you! Chumma means 'simply' but then again chumma and sim simply are on different levels.(you should know that by now).

10) Pakka : Pakka is a variant of '100%'. How would you know that somebody who agreed upon something would actually follow through? If he said 'Pakka, I'll do it'! Pakka meant surety, pakka meant pakka!

Here are some of your suggestions :

11) Yappa: Yappa is used to display annoyance. You either hate this word, or love it. There 's no in between. I am a user , it comes perfectly handy to show disgust! \m/

12) Nimajji : Nimajji is a popular term that is almost offensive. However, noone ever takes it badly. It means 'your granny', an Indian version of 'Yo mama' but somehow, less offensive.

These are just a few of the many words that have shaped us. If you think I've left out biggies, please help me edit this!

P.S.:  I'm not very familiar with non South Indian slang words. Forgive me and help me broaden my word base.