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  2. In flagrante delicto - Wikipedia

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    The phrase combines the present active participle flagrāns (flaming or blazing) with the noun dēlictum (offence, misdeed, or crime). In this term the Latin preposition in, not indicating motion, takes the ablative. The closest literal translation would be "in blazing offence", where "blazing" is a metaphor for vigorous, highly visible action.

  3. Flaming (Internet) - Wikipedia

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    Flaming is distinct from trolling, which is the act of someone causing discord online or in person. Flaming emerges from the anonymity that Internet forums provide for users which allows them to act more aggressively. [2] Anonymity can lead to disinhibition, which results in the swearing, offensive, and hostile language characteristic of flaming.

  4. List of South African slang words - Wikipedia

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    While the original English meaning stays intact, it can also refer to a big mess. Whether it be messy hair, a messy bedroom or a loud and messy gathering, like a party. kreef – literally means "crayfish" but it refers to a promiscuous woman with the intent to attract men. kry 'n kramp! – lit. "get a cramp". A definitive expression of strong ...

  5. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.

  6. Hindi–Urdu transliteration - Wikipedia

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    Note that HindiUrdu transliteration schemes can be used for Punjabi as well, for Gurmukhi (Eastern Punjabi) to Shahmukhi (Western Punjabi) conversion, since Shahmukhi is a superset of the Urdu alphabet (with 2 extra consonants) and the Gurmukhi script can be easily converted to the Devanagari script.

  7. Hinglish - Wikipedia

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    While the term Hinglish is based on the prefix of Hindi, it does not refer exclusively to Modern Standard Hindi, but is used in the Indian subcontinent with other Indo-Aryan languages as well, and also by "British South Asian families to enliven standard English". [7] [11] When HindiUrdu is viewed as a single spoken language called ...

  8. Chashme Baddoor (slogan) - Wikipedia

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    Chashm-e-Baddoor (Persian, Urdu: چشمِ بد دور, Hindi: चश्म-ए-बददूर) is a slogan extensively used in Iran, North India and Pakistan to ward-off the evil eye (which is called nazar in the region). It is a Persian language derivation which literally means "far be the evil eye". [1]

  9. Hindustani profanity - Wikipedia

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    Behenchod (बहनचोद, بہنچود; English: Sisterfucker), also pronounced as behanchod is sometimes abbreviated as BC, is a Hindustani language vulgarism. It is a form of the profanity fuck. The word is considered highly offensive, and is rarely used in literal sense of one who engages in sexual activity with another person's sister ...