From: nlp54@cas.org
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Telugu Nick Names #2
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:00:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: cas.1992Oct7.150055.7429
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio


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Some of the nick names (commonly used or created) as shown below may be
irritating to someone or rude.
Please tolerate.  This is not intended to hurt anyone's feelings.
Just take the humor!

Please send me opinions/suggestions/additions by EMail only.
Don't write BOOTHUMAATALU on the screen.
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21) SODA BUDDI
    A person wearing spectacles with thick lenses (Thick glasses).
    This person is considered blind for all practical purposes (in a joking
    sense). (I do wear a sort of soda buddlu. Pl. don't get mad!)

22) FROZEN PIZZA FACE (MOHAM)
    Man! What a dippressing individual!
    Borrowed from Upper Midwest US slang.
    Used for a guy who never smiles.

23) APPARAO
    A peroson is a chronic money borrower.
    A character developed by Sri Mullapudi(if I remember correctly).
    "FIVE RUPEESUNTHE YIVVU GUROO!"

24) ANJALI DEVI
    A person who bursts in tears just like that.
    Beacause Anjali, the cine star, used to play such roles often times.

25) PAAPA
    A woman, quite old, still tries to look like a teenager.
    (Sorry folks! This is not a sexist remark.  It is a nick name.
     Pardon me!)

26) SAARANGADHARUDU
    Grandhasaangudu.

27) KUKKAGARU
    Viswaasapatrudu.
    Yours most obedient.

28) KUKKA
    A person who behaves like a dog.
    "CHEE! PHO!! ANNAA MALLEE VASTHUNDHI VEDHAVA KUKKA."

29) KUKKA THOKA
    A man whose behavior is not consistent.

30) NAKKA
    A clever guy
    "Nakka Vinayaalu Choopaku Guroo!."

31) UCCHANAKUDU PEYYI
    A guy who sucks up all the time (brown nosing!).

32) MILITARY
    Guys engaged in alcoholisation (as the Russians say), gambling, etc.

33) TOPI DAASU
    A #1 tricy ....er.
    "Common in Tirupati. That's everyone returning from Tirupati after a clean
    shave, will wear one of these topis."
    (Not intended to insult Lord Venkateswara!)

34) DHAANA KARNUDU
    Man! This guy has no bones in his hands!
    He gives anything you ask for and he has it.

35) HITLER
    This guy is a terror.
    His dad is "Hitler" man!  I wet my pants whenever I see him.

36) SUTTHIGAARU
    Hammer master.  This guy will literally put you in life in death with his
    unbeaten skill of talktiveness. His words will torture you.
    Borrowed from the great telugu film "NAALUGUSTHAMBALAATA".

37) THUPAAKI PANTU
    Guy who wears a narrow-cut pants (skin-tight) who makes the buns appear as
    if they pop.

38) KAARA KILLI
    A person who always chews a masala + tobacco + catecu - containing pan and
    spits all over the world viz. tar roads, white-washed walls, and thumulu.
    Man did you see the AG office in Bhubaneswar, Orissa (My home state)?
    Excellent dye!  Natural! (PRAKRUTHI YICCHINA KAANUKA)

39) GUDAAKU GAADU
    This is to call the Oriya guys.
    They use a tobacco paste (stimulant) called GUDAKHU to rub on the teeth.
    This paste is brick red in color.
    They sit on the steps in the front of the house and rub this paste on their
    teeth for a few minutes and rinse it off with water.
    (PARDON ME MY ORIYA BROTHERN!  I DON'T MEAN TO INSULT YOU!
     IF YOU ARE OFFENDED, SEND ME EMail. Please don't post "ABHADRO KOTHA"
     (boothulu) on the net.  Thanks!!)

40) SAAMBAARU GAADU
    This is for the Tamil guys.
    They eat sambar all the time; it is what Telugus (majority) think.
    (PARDON ME TAMIL KIN! I DON'T MEAN TO INSULT YOU!
     IF YOU ARE OFFENDED, SEND ME EMail.  Please don't post on the net.
     Thanks for the cooperation.)

41) KORIVIKAARAM
    This is for the Andhra guys.
    They eat this stuff all the time; it is what people other than the Andhras
    think.
    (Guys! I don't know about you.  But I love this stuff.)

42) TELANGA SOLA
    This is for Telugu guys in Orissa.
    The Oriyas call the Telugu guys by this name.

43) SRIKAAKULUM or CHIKAKULAMANDI
    This is for the guys who are from Srikakulum area of AP.
    Especially the guys in Sothern Andhra use this name.
    (Guys!  Pl. cool it off!  Just for fun.  I am from the Boarder area,
    Paathapatnam.  I love Srikakulum and Sri Jonnalagadda Ravanamurthy and
    Jonnalagadda Somayajulu.)


 PARANANDI L.N.
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 P.S. Guys! Again! I am sorry if I wounded your feelings.
      Just take it and spit it on me via EMail please.
      I will openly apologise to you on the net if you want with big letters.
      Pl. Don't pollute the net!


Paranandi Lakshmi Narasimham
CAS
Columbus
OH 43202

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