Motherfucker in Odia. This is used for them who act ridiculously assholic in situations. You can straighten dog's tail, but not a Magiha's mind!

One of the most dreaded subjects in school, up on the list with physics; aff-courzhs if you are an indeligend girl or boy, it is not much of a challenging subject. If you are good in macks, you can become an engineer, otherwise, well, you might have to become a lowly arts or comaezhs person.

Slang-on-slang. Uber-slang? An even more close and comfortable, perhaps affectionate, variant of Machan or macha. There are no specific rules around which to use when, it's just a matter of tone and style. As is everything on the streets of Chennai.

To exceed beyond expectation. To marvel at something.

Short form of Madras Christian College, Chennai. NOT Mount Carmel, Bangalore. So there.

The South Indian way of saying "maths" in traditional South Indian families. Consequences of doing badly in maks include family being dishonoured, lack of marriage prospects, baldness, homelessness, and so on.

Slow in understanding

Mokka-Noun, mokka podrathu-The act of putting Mokka...verb
Mokka-English=Blunt, Origin-just how a blunt hacksaw blade takes ages to cut a simple pvc pipe, same way a "mokka" is something which doesnt complete what it intended to do. eg: Just how this definition has gone on and on..
Other examples: College Principal address, GF's/Wife's jokes, MMS speech (strictly during Ind and Rep day) etc

Study really really hard.

Short form of the brand name McDowell

Rum(Celebrations), Whiskey, Brandy, and soda of this company are all referred to by the customer and the trade alike, almost exclusively, as Mc Rum, Mc Brandy and so on.

If you are a regular at the bar or the wine store they normally know what type of alcohol you use from among those that the brand offers, all you have to do to order your next peg is shout out over the din "hey bring another Mc here".

"Mc" itself, within names like McDowell or McDonnell or McIntosh etc. stands for 'son of ' for Scottish and Irish.

See bin.

An abbreviation for maximum

A christian bugger from Bandra. Comes from `makkhan pao' - the supposed diet of all Christians.

Used by the Indian media, chattering class and politicians alike, without the least bit of irony, to describe the Indian citizenry. Apparently you bolster your populist credentials by lumping all people into a nameless, formless lump lacking any individuality

Anything or anyone cool,rad or slick.

That's how every fan of Carnatic Classical music reverentially and affectionately calls M.S. Subbulakshmi(1916-2004 -- Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi). An example of a single individual contributing so much to make an already great genre of Indian music, the Karnataka Shastreeya Sangeeth, so much more popular in the entire world.

If anyone has savored even a bit of Karnataka Sanngeeth, for certain they have listened to Venkateshwara Suprbhatha, or Vishnu Sahasranama, or Bhajagovindam. In not, they have never ever known what is that genre of music. These are the most popular and evergreen renditions of MS that probably have been the three most played songs in the world, often clouding her other even-greater performances rendered in about 10 different languages of the country.

Her beautiful personality, always sporting a considerable amount of gold ornaments, a huge kunkum the bindi on the forehead, grand silk sarees contrasted by her ever present light but unmistakable smile, a posture of devotion, serenity, humility and professionalism would etch itself in your mind.

Her singing is full-bodied but the emotion in her voice( particularly the emotion of devotion) is so steady and level that neither the music is lost nor the spirit of the song is lost on you.

The humble Empress will live on inspiring generations of kids to take to classical music.

Moustache- Quintesentially mallu-mostly very lush and thick.

a mallu slang word for "masterae" to call elderly people or to call friends to get their attention.
Mashae - literally translates to 'teacher'

Mallu word for Friend.

Mosquito

Otherwise known as mother fucker. Odisha's most famous export to the neighbouring states. A highly versatile word which can be used to convey surprise( abe maghya), anger (baaju maghya), guilt (chi maghya), love (haire maghya), greeting (maghya kemiti achu).

extreme feeling of superiority to the point of arrogance

Butter (literally)

A garment worn by women, typically during the evenings, before retiring to their chambers.

Similar to a nightie.

shorter and commonly used abbreviation for macha.

Short for "of/for the masses". Used to signify anything that is kitschy or suitable for the hoi polloi, and is the opposite of class.

It is mostly used by and in connection with the Telugu film industry. When a reviewer terms a film as "mass", you know its going to either be a Govinda movie remake, or a source for future Govinda movies. Readers are strongly advised to avoid the movie, or alternatively, buy front-row tickets, forget logic/common sense, tear and throw little bits of paper in the air every time the hero bashes up goons or dances with the heroine, and whistle loudly for no reason at all!

In most Karnataka schools, this was how you addressed your female teacher.

Whether she was married or unmarried, 62 or 26, wore saree or sleeveless, didnt matter a whit. If she was the one who addressed your class, wrote Greek on the blackboard, threw chalkpiss on your head for passing chits, taught you that theres no substitute for hard work, looked at you with warmth in her eyes when she saw you trying, gave you surprise tests, & sent your report card home, she was your 'miss'.

We heart you 'miss'.

India's mac n' cheese. A freeze-dried instant Ramen noodle packet loaded with MSG customized to appeal to the vernacular palate (e.g. Masala Maggi).

Somebody who studies all the time. Learns things by heart.

An inexpensive hotel, where people usually go to have meals.

Person who talks in a very boring manner, mainly focusing on the most uninteresting topics of conversation. Some people do this intentionally where as some are naturals. Oh the horror.

Sometimes, it can also be used to refer to situations where the receiver of the mokkai feels like repeatedly hitting his/her head on a rock.

One of the first words most teenagers who ever smoked learn, when they start smoking.

Machis is the word any paan shop wallah knows. It is the local word for MATCHBOX

Slang way of referring to Muslims. This is not a derogatory term.

Literally means son, but colloquially used to refer to a close friend (quite like how the Aussies use 'mate' and the Tams use 'machaan').

Magane, a variant of magga is often used while scolding someone (quite like bugger, fellow etc.)

Short form of Mount Carmel's College in Bangalore.

Maxed means to get full marks in a test/examination.

Not machismo or indicating some male-attribute. On the contrary, hinting at a colourful intimate relationship with the female parent

Also used as prefix, suffix, adjective, pronoun and anything in-between.

Commonly heard in any casual or heated conversation anywhere in Punjab-Haryana-Delhi. For local flavour, insert in any sentence 2-3 times.

In its purest form, an expletive or abuse denoting a carnal relationship with the mother.

To ride your motorbike really fast.

A substitute for a friend in kannada. Not to be mistaken with the actual meaning "Son"..

Lot of linguists have bemoaned the lack of an equivalent word for FUN in India.
Is it becoz we are (no, officially we are no longer poor silly) full of ulhaasam, utsaaham, santosham, aandandam?
(happiness, excitement, joy, eternal joy)
but where is the fun you aks?
Fun is for Wimps.
Eternal Joy aka Anandam is for the SAT CHIT ANANDAns
Fun is temporal, Ananda is spiritual.
Hence Therefore we had to borrow YET ANOTHER Farsi word or is it Arabic? aedo from one of them Muslim languages.
Similar to masti sometimes twinned up going mazamasti
Maza includes humour, joke, jest, fun, aal in vun! nice no?

Moustache. Refers to everything from sparse to dense vegetation on the upper lip, and therefore alludes to both the male and female variety. Must be used with great caution when within earshot of the ladies, or it may earn you one tight slap

The plastic vessel one uses to pour water when washing one's bum.

Hispanic

A kitchen appliance that is a combination of a blender, spice grinder and, occasionally, food processor.

On Sunday mornings, mixies and pressure cookers are heard in symphony in apartment blocks around India.

To brown nose or ingratiate in order to gain favour.

Means 'Bro', 'dude', guru, boss, mam, macha, maappillai

For a woman, the next step forward from being a would-be

brother dear..

To study last minute. Indian education system places disproportionate emphasis on rote memorization of inconsequential information and hence you will find many a high school student "mugging" the exact width of the lingam in some random Shiva temple.

Literally, "brother-in-law" but used to refer to a male friend with affection. Can also be insulting if used to address someone who is NOT a close friend. See also bessie macha