ToTFL -Tamil Slangs - Flash Cards

ToTFL - Test of Tamil as Foreign Language
This includes common english worlds used in tamil context . Here are the flash cards for you !!
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A
Alvaa kudukarathu- To cheat ( sathyaraj's alva to rajitha is bit different one )
Aatha - Mother
Abase - Loot / steal
Alppam - Silly/Cheap
Anna - Elder brother
Anni - Elder brother's figure
Aalu - Girlfriend ( used also by girls to mention their boyfriends )
Appeetu - Unsuccesful
Asathal - Impressive
Arivu Kolunthu - Stupid Fellow
Ambi - Conservative Iyengar Boy ( remember Anninyan movie Ramanujam ambi )
Alumbu - Unnecessary Scene Creation ( aka. Scene Podrathu, Padam Katrathu)
Alli Vidrathu - Unnecessary Scene Creation ( aka. Kaathula Poo, Kathai)
Adangkokka Makka - Oh My God!
Ajaku - Enuch (aka Ombothu )

B
Bejaru - annoying
Bulb vangarathu - To get embarassed
Bandha - Pilim (aka. Scene, Padam, Alumbu, Alaparai)
Bekku - Fool ( word courtesy: chennai sowcarpettai marwadis)
Bajari - In strict terms lady in high street offering body rental service. Also used for gals with simial eloquence ( eg. Dhool movie Sornakka character)

C
Cutting - Small Peg ( to be exact, cutting is half of a quarter i.e. 90 ml)
Chittu - Figure
Chevaru Mutti - similar to Sulpeta. Alcohol with a distinct quality of urge to bang in the walls after getting drunk. Not usually available in the open market

D
Damaram - 100% Deaf
Dubakoor - Cracked ( aka. 420 party)
Dubukku - Clever fool
Dori - Squint eyed (aka. Ondrai)
Dumeel - Lie (aka. Peela)
Dhumm- Cigarette
Deal-la vidurathu - not keeping up to one's responsibility and letting something fail
Dickie Lona - A friendly game played in Delhi (courtesy Gentleman movie)
Dabaikarathu - The act of escaping silently
Danks baa - Very friendly way of thanking
Daavu - Lady Love ( aka. Aalu)
Dijik - Matter/Porn

E
Elicha Vaayan - Loser
Egathaalam - Tease / Show no respect


F
Figure - Young Attractive Lady (Chick)


G
Gaja - Matter/Porn
Gilli, Goli - Traditional games played in Tamilnadu
Gujili - Jigidi/Figure/Chick
Gandhi Kanaku - Accounts which are never paid back
Gujals - enjoy with booze/ figure ( aka. Jilpangs, Jalsa)

I
Item - Prostitute

J
Jiggidi - figure/ chick
Jollu - The process of you jaw-dropping on sight of a good Jigidi / Simply Figure Watching
Jagaa - Retreat /Withdrawl from an action
JuJubi - Easy/piece of cake ( aka. Piskothu)
Jalsa - Same as Gujals / Jilpangs

K
Kadalai - Casual chatting Usually between two members of opposite sex
kiLambu, Kaaththu Varattum - a decent way of saying that your words are not making any sense and you better shut up and get lost
Kalasarathu - To ridicule someone (aka. Kalakarathu)
Kalasitta po - Wow...its great ( aka. Kalakitta po) - To create a flutter
Karuthu Kandhasamy - Person on full time duty on Preaching others for the sake of it
Keesuduven Keese - To get left and right
Kuruttu Kabothi - Blind fellow
Kattai - Figure with good body features ( Nattu kattai is a variation used to denot village kattais e.g Abirami in Virumaandi movie )
Kuthirai - High Heels Figure
Kozhai Adikarathu - Putting soaps to someone
Kattan - Uncivilized Fellow
Kambi Neetrathu - Escape Silently / Financial Fraud

L
Loosu - Crazy Person
Lavatrathu - Stealing

M
Machan /Macchi /Maamu - casual way of addressing a friend
Major Sundar - One who lives in the style of 5 generations back
Mama - long arm of the law - which reaches into your pocket for 50 rs now and then
Mama - red light area broker / pimp
Maami - Beautiful Iyer Figure ( Trisha in Saami , Meena in Veera)
Mamiyar Veedu - Jail / Prison ( the place to get free food three times a day)
Maanga - Fool
Maal - Money/Buck
Mary- A gal who often displays her English linguistic skills (aka Munima)
Meter - Multiple meanings Money collection not by lawful means sometime used for drunk also
Makkan - Stupid Fellow
Mappu/Mabbu - Fuddle / Under Influence/ Intoxicated (Heavenly state attained after booze)
Mattai - If Mappu becomes too much, Mattai follows ( dozed after heavy booze)
Masai - Figure/Chick ( Acronym of Ma - Maruthuva Kallori + Sai - Site, originally used to denote Medical College figures, then the term made applicable to all figures )
Majaa - Jalsa with a figure

O
Ottrathu - Teasing somebody friendly
Ottrathu - Courting a figure / in the process of picking up a chick

P
Pannadai - lunacy indefined ( literally a device used to filter kallu, which keeps all dirty things with itself)
Periya Paruppu - Big brother
Peter - A guy who often displays his English linguistic skills
Piskothu - very simple (when it refers to an activity)
PiskOthu - a silly person (when it refers to an individual)
Pongal - Kadalai
Poyappu - Daily life/survival
Punnaku - Useless ( literally cattlefeed)
Pazham - Teetotaler
Panayeri - Vijayakanth ( infact refers to a leading business community in south tamilnadu)

Q
Quarter Govindan - Person with permanent symptoms of Salpetta and Chevaru Mutti

R
Ravadi - Troublesome
Ragalai - Creating a mess
Ramana - Person using lots of statistics, in normal talking

S
Sister - Often used to address figures where attempt was unsuccessful
Single tea-kku singi Adiththal - survival has become very difficult
Salpeta - Special brand of alchol not usually available in the open market
Sullan - Small boy ( aka. Podiyan)
Sangu - Word symbolising Death ( magane unakku sangu ootharandaa !! )
Soap - Flaterry / Pleasing someone in turn of a favour
Sondi - Left handed person ( used mostly in Salem area )
Saroja Devi - Cheap Quality Tamil Porn Magazines ( mostly illegal publications)

T
Thena vettu - Bold/ Arrogant
Thala - The Head (boss, one and only leader etc.)
Thoda - Sarcastic exclamation (usually doubting)
Ticket Vangarathu - To attain eternity at Kannama pettai
Tharuthala- Wreckless Fellow
Thayir Sadham- Vegeterian and Teetotaler Iyer Boys ( there are other categories also ;-) )

U
Usaar Panrathu - to get something for oneself using devious methods
Ushaar Maakans- Careful Fools

V
Vennai - Useless guy
Vetti Officer - Me (i.e. people who are not employed for any useful work ) and You ( who read my blogs)


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