There are certain words and phrases that I hate, abhor, loathe, dislike, would never even dream of using, would…..you get the drift. And I’ve got reasons for them as well.

Here’s my list:

Bonanza: It goes back to my childhood in Bahrain when all we had to watch were like 5 channels – Channel 55 of Bahrain, Channel 33 of Dubai, Aramco of Saudi and a few other Arabic ones. The only ‘Indian’ connection we had was to either wait for Wednesday nights for the weekend special hindi movies on Channel 55 (Thursday-Friday was our Saturday-Sunday) or to rent out cassettes of programs from Indian television. And almost always, at the end of these tapes, there’d be some ‘forthcoming attraction’ kinda message with some Pakistani sounding guy (don’t ask me what that is) talking in that weird accent with that weirdly bass-ish voice and sing-song going ‘Intezaar kijiye agle episode ke liye. Sirf aap ke liye hai comedy ka bonenza’. That’s it. I’ve hated and will hate that word for eternity ever since.

Rendezvous: 2 words: Simi. Garewal.

(Additionally, I’m not that into them French words really. Cuz I can never get the pronunciation right – I mean how difficult is it to say croissant as it is without having to eat half the word just saying it?)

Friggin’ (God, you should see the definitions): What does this damn word mean anyway? Is it like saying “freakin’” while gargling? Or is it just an alternative word for “fuckin’”? Besides it’s just such a wannabe word. I don’t like.

Cornucopia: Okk, this is a toughie. I don’t know how to explain this out without it sounding really, you know, weird. Well, lemme just be as straight forward as I can. It reminds me of very, ahem, sexual words – like coitus. There. That’s my reason. And to think there’s a restaurant named Cornucopia in Chennai…………………. (!)

British-y words and phrases: like bloke, and ‘sod-off’ and how they use bum instead of ass. A bum is a bum you may say, but I just don’t like it, atleast not when it’s used as ‘god, did you see his bum?’ It just sounds…stupid. Which usage of bum am I ok with? That would be when it is being directed at someone like ‘oh you bum!’. Another one would be how they use pants for underwear. Like there aren’t already a million ways to get embarrassed without having to say “I’m not gonna wear pants today” in front of a snickering Brit. Then there’s arse (ughhh) and bollocks.

There are many more, I’m sure but this is all my tired-from-walking-in-the-damning-hot-sun-and-as-always-super-sleepy brain can throw up now. Maybe more later.

(Did I just hear a groan?)