Electionary: The Election Dictionary

Whaddup people?
          Hello! The Mumbai Girls are back. Hopefully you have read our previous article about Elections! If not do read it.
          If you are someone like me half the time you are probably wondering what is going on! You don't know what is going on in the elections and you are most likely to be sitting there with a poker face when everybody around you is talking about the elections and statistics and a bunch of other things you don't really understand. And the problem is, everywhere you go the conversation suddenly turns political and you have nothing to contribute to the conversation! But fret not! This Electionary will help you tons. This will help the novices to get through the giant ocean of the Indian Genreal Elections.
And yes you are welcome!

So let's get right into it.
(Most, ALL, dictionaries are alphabetic but this isn't going to be alphabetic. Don't say we didn't warn you)

AAP (pronounced as Aaa-P) (verb):
The act of being an "Aam Aadmi" (common man). Also the act of being dressed in a muffler (monkey cap). High chances of winning the election if the election suddenly moves to Antarctica.
Example: Arvind Kejriwal goes in an auto rickshaw by fare from the airport
(Noun) Aam Aadmi Party

BJP (pronounced as Mo-diii) (noun):
A party by Narendra Modi usually called as NaMo. Has the most enthusiastic fan base in the history of elections in India. Generally seen muttering "development" irrespective of the question or the point in the argument.

Congress (pronounced as corruption) (neither a noun nor a verb, cussword, anyone caught saying this has high chances of getting publicly beaten):
Has been the ruling party for decades. Research is still going about how this has happened, no results found. Run by the Gandhi (Italians) Dynasty (Not to be confused with Mahatma Gandhi, these two have no relation whatsoever).

Vote (pronounced as buy-for-Rs500) (verb/noun):
The duty of every citizen. You have to vote, you have to make the difference. (You have to vote and not go for picnics) Every person is equal and eligible for it (above 18 years of age).I don't care who you vote for, just vote. (But the machine is probably rigged)

Seat (pronounced as power) (noun):
Seat is a good word for power. To achieve this power, Ministers and politicians promise things they are never going to do to get your support and can even commit murder for it. (Beware!)

Slap! (Pronounced as Kejriwal!) (Verb):
The most commonly used action in India. Used when nothing else suffices. Don't confuse it woth facepalm which is the symbol of Congress.

Arvind Kejriwal getting slapped

Youth (pronounced as youu-thh) (noun):
Used to describe 50 year old politicians *cough* RG *cough*

Arvind Kejriwal (pronouced as the-muffler-guy-with-no-dressing-sense or wannabe-aam-aadmi) (noun):
The only common man to travel in an auto rickshaw by fare from airport, to get a window seat in the Mumbai local train (on the same day) and the only common man to have 1.64 M followers on Twitter. Usually seen wearing clothes that will put designers to shame (literally).

Rahul Gandhi (pronounced as "youth") (noun):
The youth of India. Usually (always) says Women Empowerment and RTI in India no matter what is asked or what is the conversation about.
For example: The goal (women empowerment) is to (women empowerment) make (women empowerment) India (Girl! Power!) developed (Go Girl!) and self (WOMEN!) sufficient (Girl power rangers) and also (WOMEN ALL THE WAY!) to (women empowerment) get rid (Women! Women! Women!) of (women empowerment) poverty (women empowerment).

Narendra Modi (pronounced as NaMo and often confused with "development") (Noun):
Probably the only person who unified all the parties faster than the Fevistic strongest and fastest glue. And yet has the most number of fans. You might also know him as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. He was accused of being responsible for riots of Gujarat some years back and was banned from USA (Now they have removed the ban, smart people). He is the only ray of hope for India now and people want to remove all corruption from India (read as Congress) and they are hoping he will develop India as he developed Gujarat (According to the various newspapers). High expectations from him.

Voter's Id (pronounced as vohhter id) (noun):
Something which you need to be eligible to vote. You only get it if you are 18 plus. (18 years of age) You get this at your MLA's office. MLAs provide you voters id in hopes of you voting for them (Since the people who have voted for them in the past are not going to vote for them again). [Warning: You might have to wait in queue for hours for this] [Warning 2: Chances of there being no fans there]

Coalition (pronounced as Hum-Saath-Saath-Hai) (Noun/verb):
When small parties team up with the major/big party in order for them getting 272+ seats is called coalition. After winning they celebrate with partying with the money earned. These small parties are also called as allies of the major party.

Arnab Goswami (pronounced as Ar-Nab) (noun):

A man who thinks he is the best and the volume of his voice is so high that people in America can probably hear him. Often seen screaming and shouting on his show. Viewers may go deaf (keep the volume of the tv low). Talks about politics on his show daily.

That's pretty much it. We will update this and add a few more meanings/words later. Hopefully this will help you. We might also do another post on elections. Maybe.

Let us know whom you support and will vote for or just tell us what you feel about the elections in general. 

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