A is for Aiscreame
B is for Backside, and it has nothing to do with your butt. It is an instruction to go to the rear of a building, or block, or shop or whatever.
C is for Cloney and its not a process for replicating sheep, nor is its first name George. It is merely an area where people live e.g. ‘Defence Cloney’.
D is for the proverbial ‘Dangar da Puttar’
E is for Expanditure, the spending of money
F is for Fackade, and even though it sounds like a bad word it is actually just the front of a building
G is for Gaddi, and the way a Punjabi can pilot his gaddi puts any F1 driver to shame.
H is for ‘Ho Jayega Ji’, and the moment you hear that you have to be careful because you can be reasonably sure it’s not going to happen.
I is for Intzaar, and to know more about it see P.
J is for Jutt, which every Punjabi seems to be.
K is for Khanna, Khurana, etc, the Punjabi equivalent of the Joneses
(e.g.’Keeping up with the Khuranas ji’)
L is for Loin, the king of the jungle.... nothing to do with any body parts!
M is for ‘Murcedees’, the car that an entire generation of Punjabis were in love with (UK Based).
N is for ‘No Problem Ji.’ To find out how that works see H.
O is for Oye, which can be surprise (Oyye!), a greeting (Oyy!), anger (OYY!) or pain (Oy oy oy…).
P is for Punj Mint, and no matter how near (1 km) or far(100 km) a Punjabi is from you he always says he’ll reach you in punj mint (5 minutes…).
Q is for Queue, a word completely untranslatable into Punjabi - does not exist in the culture.
R is for Riks, and a Punjabi is always prepared to take one (risk), even if the odds are against him.
S is for Sweetie, Sunny, Simmi and Sonu, who seem to own half the cars in Delhi .
T is for the official bird of Punjab : Tandoori Chickun.
U is for when you lose your sex appeal and become ‘Uncul-ji’
V is for VIP phone numbers @ Rs 2 lakhs and counting.
W is for Whan, as in ‘Whan are you coming, ji?’
X is for the many X-rated words that flow freely in Punjabi conversations.
Y is for ‘You nonsanse’, when anger replaces vocabulary in a shouting match.
Z is for Zindgi which every Punjabi knows how to live to the fullest.
