February 27, 2009

Magnetagram

magnetagram /ˈmæg-nɛtəˌgram/
noun.

A sign that takes on an entirely new meaning when a magnetic letter falls off

I am a brass-bound, copper-riveted, twenty-year old with some experience with the obscure, but I cannot, at this moment, recall an example. Do make up one for yourself.

9 comments:

  1. Jose had this classic pic where Hotel USHAKIRAN had become Hotel SHAKIRA

    DevD has a couple: sleazy Hotel GRAND had become Hotel RAND and sleazy Hotel SHIV had become Hotel HIV and the seat for MAHILAYEN on a bus had become HILAYEN (in hindi of course).

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  2. Mentorpolitan:

    a mentor who only advices his mentees about the best places to eat, drink and party all over bombay

    a mentor who suddenly starts meeting his mentees regularly after the 2nd sem midsems because he wants to get his unpopular friend elected as a GS.

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  3. Dublee:

    Department of Electrical Engineering, I.I.T. Bombay

    Eeshan Malhotra, Hostel 6 Room 245, I.I.T. Bombay

    The assami dude selected for Bruce Lee's voice-over in the hindi releases of the Dragon series.

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  4. moodiblues:

    A sulking hot babe in a sexy blue dress who desperately wants her boy-friend to notice that she'd lost a quarter of a pound since they last met.

    An unknown underground heavy metal band who is still trying to relaese their first single titled, "Whites in Night Latin".

    The moroseness of all dejected chelsea fans whenever they get drubbed by Man U.

    The lost look and lethargic gait of ghoda mood indigo co-ordis and CGs during the autumn semester.

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  5. The lost look and lethargic gait of ghoda mood indigo co-ordis and CGs during the spring semester.

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  6. ambivalentine:

    A boy/girl friend who keeps breaking up and making-up.

    Nandhini in Anniyan.

    How amitabh bachan in agneepath would tell his wife that he has just lost two electons, when she asks for the truth behind his sadness and he is too ashamed to reveal it.

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  7. bandramatic

    A stylish bombayite girl-friend from a rich family, who can never control her violent emotions.

    The non-performing InSync fellows who have been assigned the important task of starting a campaign against Ann-Prod in the distant hope of diverting public attention from the campaign against AIDS.

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  8. The Siemens stall at Techfest read "Semens"

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  9. I can see that ghaza is keeping himself intellectually busy these days :-)

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