1. You think Chowpatty & Juhu beaches as "nature."

2. You say "town " and expect everyone to know that this means south of Churchgate.

3. You speak in a dialect of Hindi called 'Bambaiya Hindi', which only Bombayites can understand.

4. Your door has more than three locks.

5. Rs 500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.

6. Train timings (9.27, 6.49 etc) are really important events of life.

7. You spend more time each month travelling than you spend at home.

8. You call an 8' x 10' clustered room a Hall.

9. You're paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size of walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."

10. You have the following sets of friends: schoolfriends, college friends, neighborhood friends, office friends and yes, TRAIN friends, a species unique only in Bombay.

11. Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars if you call the roads by their Indian name, they are more familiar with Warden Road, Peddar Road, Altamount Road ......

12. Stock market quotes are the only other thing besides cricket which you follow passionately.

13. The first thing that you read in the Times of India is the "Bombay Times" supplement.

14. You take fashion seriously.

15. You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.

16. Hookers, beggars and the homeless are invisible.

17. You compare Bombay to New York's Manhattan instead of any other cities of India.

18. The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.

19. You insist on calling Mumbai as Bombay, CST as VT, and Sahar and Santacruz airports instead of Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport.

20. You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.

21. Your idea of personal space is when no one is actually standing on your toes.

22. Being truly alone makes you nervous.

23. You love wading through knee deep mucky water in the monsoons, and actually call it 'romantic'.

24. Only in Bombay, you would get Chinese Dosa and Jain Chicken.

25. You call traffic policemen as'Pandus" and expect out-of-towners to understand that.

It's Mumbaiite you dufus. You could also use Mumbaikar...it's in Maharastra after all.


And leaving a line after each pint will make viewing it easier.


Fix these things and I'll read the stuff.

Binglish (for Bombay_English). /. Bhindi (for Bombay_Hindi)

Bhidu buddy, mate

Yeda dim-witted

Jhakaas super, superb

Shaana over smart

Mamu bloke, hey man

Bhindi/Binglish: Pronunciations are in brackets following the words.

Chikna - Stands for any good looking fellow. Chikna actually means smooth.
Chikni is the female version of the same word.

Bus kya : The meaning of it is that com'on don't take me for granted.

Apun : It's actual meaning is WE but in Bhindi it means I or me...

Chava / Chavi - Actual meaning of a chava is a lion's cub.However, in
Bhindi it would mean a Boyfriend/GirlFriend (normally the one that's
steady). Chava, is also used to describe to a good looking chap or the
normal stud in the locality. No, Chavi would still mean the steady one.

Saala : literal meaning wife's brother....but in Mumbai it is used in every context..
when friends meet and greet then it is kya saala kaisa hai.....when angry "abey
saale....phoot na"... in fact this is the most common used word in mumbai.... and
can be used when you are happy / sad / depressed / angry / shy and when there
is nothing else to say then use a saala....

Atrangi - One meaning of this word is similar to Hajaam. Atrangi also mean
something extraordinary.

Shana :literal meaning in marathi means wise..but mostly used in sarcastic way
like "tu kya shana hai kya ??"

Dhid shana : The word dhid means 1 and half times the original one. that means
1 and half times shana.

Dum : Actual meaning is cigarette with marijuana for kick. but nowdays
commonly used to refer ordinary cigarette..

Bindaas super cool

Vaat lag gayi in serious trouble

Charsi / Fookya / Soootya - A smoker. Charas is exactly marijuana. Charasi would mean any guy who smokes though.

Tapri - A road side shop.

Baida : An egg

Keeda - An absolute pest.

Jhakaas - Superb. Excellent.

Chaayla - The original meaning is quiet demeaning. The contemporary meaning is
so flexible that "Chaayla" can be used anywhere in a casual conversation.
speaking this word doesnt have any meaning.

Haila ! - This originated from "Hai Allah !" but I don't think 99% of the users
know about this. Haila would translate to "Oh God!"

Punter/Tapori/Shana - Roadside loafer. Tapori is among the most
commonly used words in Bhindi.

Bevada / Gutter / Taankee / Batli / JohnnyWalker - A Drunk.

Saand / Bhai - A boisterous or an exceeding brash guy.

Chotay - For any kid working in a Tapri.

Cutting - A little_morethan_half cup of Tea is a cutting. The Cutting concept would
have been started by people who used to split a cup of tea between 2 people...
and finally the tea vendor started selling half cup of tea and called it "cutting". A
little_more_than_half is given to increase the patrons.

Dhapnya / Battery / double battery / Sodawater - Refers to a person wearing
prescription glasses. Dhapnya is a Marathi word. The Ghati way of saying this
would be "bya-tree". :

Hajaam - Hajaam in its true sense would mean a barber. It refers to anyone with a
moronic intellect.

Rappak(stress on"pp") - means Slap.(eg.Kaan kay neechay rappak lagaoonga.)

Chinese Gaadi - No ! this is not a Chinese make of an automobile!! It's the "Tapri"
selling Chinese food on the side of the road. The best part is that all these Chinese
Gaadis are red in color, have names like "Red Sun", "Red Dragon", "Fong's", or
anything that sounds vaguely Chinese. The cook is normally a Nepali gurkha
working as a night watchman in some nearby apartment complex. The only
criteria to get a chef's job at a Chinese Gaadi is to have slanted eyes.

Ghungroo Salmaan - This term is very new but catching on fast. Ghungroo refers to
a curly haired guy. Salmaan (Khan) comes in the picture since the "Ghunroo
Salmaan" fellow is obviously mistaking himself to be a Hindi film hero. It's used as
a put-down.

Hatela : stupid brainless dim-witted or crazy

Bambaiyya - Anything that relates to anything that even vaugely relates to
Bombay. Bambaiyaa is something that every resident of Bombay would love to be
called !

Zappi : bear hug to a helpless person to support him emotionally

Fut lena/ Kalti marna : Run away / escape from sickening condition

hallas-means finished

Ishtyle- Style

Thok dena / dho dena- beat up " Saale ko thoko!"

patli gali se nikal: to scram!...literally to run in between the narrow street...

sadela : Real meaning rotten but in mumbai it means boring

Aysaych- Similar to just like that in English. "Ye to aysaych hai,"

Raapchik : Cool

You just copied it from some place else. You couldn't type it so quick. Source?

Source : Google

Cool you edited everything up.


Still a typo. Mumbaiite, not Mumbaite

Google it,its mumbaite

Great list. I don't know what more to add to it.


Still I'll try....


26. When you consider flunking in college exams as the coolest thing you've done in your life.

27. When you consider having a vada-pav with your girl at a stall as a 'date'

28. When you hope and pray for the election day to fall on a friday to fuck off for a vacation

Vishal16 wrote:

Google it,its mumbaite

That's just wrong, according to me.


If you spell it like that, it should be pronounced 'mumbite'.

Rahul wrote:

Vishal16 wrote:

Google it,its mumbaite

That's just wrong, according to me.


If you spell it like that, it should be pronounced 'mumbite'.

Changed

Thanks.

Its cool
Nice points by the way

Vishal16 wrote:

Its cool
Nice points by the way

Yeah. Maybe I can think of some more.

Some more facts -

Bombay has no bombs and is a harbour not a bay.

Churchgate has neither a church nor a gate. It is a railway station.

There is no darkness in Andheri.

Lalbaag is neither red nor a garden.

No king ever stayed at Kings Circle.

Nor did Queen Victoria stay at Victoria Terminus.

Nor is there any princess at Princess Street.

Lower Parel is at the same level as Parel

There are no marines or sailors at Marine Lines.

The Mahalaxmi temple is at Haji Ali not at Mahalaxmi.

There are no pigs traded at Dukar bazaar.

Teen bati is a junction of 3 roads, not three lamps.

Trams used to terminate at Kings circle not Dadar*Tram Terminus (Dadar
T.T.).

Breach Candy is not a sweetmeat market, but there is a Hospital.

Safed Pool has the dirtiest and blackest water.

You cannot buy coal at Kolsa street.

There are no Iron smiths at Lohar chawl.

There are no pot makers at Kumbhar wada.

Lokhandwala complex is not an Iron and steel market.

Null bazaar does not sell taps

You will not find ladyfingers at Bheendi Bazaar.

Kalachowki does not have a black Police station.

Hanging Gardens are not suspended.

Mirchi Gully does not sell chillies.

Figs do not grow in Anjir Wadi,

Sitafals do not grow in Sitafal Wadi,

Jackfruits do not grow at Fanaswadi

But it is true that you may get fleeced at Chor Bazaar!!!

And last but not the least -

AMCHI MUMBAI

A City where everything is possible, especially the impossible.

Where lovers first love and then marry, Where there is place for every
Tom, Dick and Harry

Where telephone bills make a person ill, Where a person cannot sleep
without a pill.

Where carbon-dioxide is more than oxygen, Where the road is considered
to be a dustbin,

Where college canteens are full and classes empty, Where Adam teasing is
also making an entry,

Where a cycle reaches faster than a car, Where everyone thinks himself
to be a star,

Where sky scrapers overlook the slum, Where houses collapse as the
monsoon comes,

Where people first act and then think, Where there is more water in the
pen than ink,

Where the roads see-saw in monsoon, Where the beggars become rich soon,

Where the roads are levelled when the minister arrives,

Where college admission means hard cash, Where cement is frequently
mixed with ash.

This is Mumbai my dear, But don't fear, just cheer, come to Mumbai every
year!

Excellent those.


And I might even try a rhyme on it

Make it

Where college admission means hard cash, Where cement is frequently
mixed with ash.

I'll try.



By the way, the forum only has 4-5 members from Mumbai.

So most people wont understand/can't relate to the thread.

I thought only 3 were there,
You me and shashank

Vishal16 wrote:

I thought only 3 were there,
You me and shashank

Dipanjan and possibly one of the new guys.

whats the point actually even if all of them are

The point is they wont understand (those who read this)

Wohi toh

Kya bola shaaney?

Hawa aane de

Abey Khajoor.......tere ko deta hoon khopche mein le ke

Baide fut le patli gali se warna rampuri ghusa ke bhelpuri nikal dunga

'kin hell I can't carry on with this.

Just when we were having fun

We weren't. You were. Just talk for yourself.