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The language spoken by the students of IIT Kharagpur is a typical example of linguistics development in a semi-closed system. While many of the words in the dictioanry of the students are borrowed from the cultures developing elsewhere, a lot many words are native to IIT Kharagpur.

The following is a near-complete list of the words used by students of IIT Kharagpur arranged in alphabetical order. The words that common to the world as well as those that are sexually explicit ones have been purposefully kept out of this dictionary.

[edit] IIT Kharagpur Dictionary

[edit] 11

n. Ha-Ha (a laugh). Adopted from its shortcut in Age of Empires.

[edit] 2.2

n. A 2.2 kilometres round in central part of IIT-KGP campus. Usually a run of it.

[edit] A. I. R.

All India Rank. See Hawa.

[edit] A. Team

The Action team formed during S.F..

[edit] Acads

n. Academics.

[edit] Alankar

n. The annual cultural magazine of Gymkhana, hence of the institute.

[edit] App

v.i. To apply to universities (usually abroad).

[edit] Apping

v.i. See App.

[edit] Atthi

n. A C.G.P.A. in between 8 and 9.

[edit] Azad

n. Azad Hall Of Residence. A senior male students B. Tech. Hall.

[edit] Baddy

n. The sport of Badminton; adj. Related to the sport.

[edit] Bangy

n. Bangalore.

[edit] Baski

n. The sport of Basketball; adj. Related to the sport.

[edit] Batti

n. The Electrical Engineering Department. Also, the students of it.

[edit] B.C. Roy

n. Bidhan Chandra Roy. Former Chief Minister of West Bengal. Many establishments in IIT-KGP including a hospital, a Hall and the central square are named after him.

[edit] Bhaat

n. Bekaar Chat. A useless talk in a group whose sole purpose is to pass time. Also a regular magazine drafted by first year students trying to copy Junk.

[edit] Bhajan

n. A euphemism for sexually explicit media files on the LAN.

[edit] Bhaatnagar

n. The Bhatnagar Auditorium.

[edit] Bidhan Chowk

n. See GolC.

[edit] Bong

n. Bengali. A Bengali-speaking person.

[edit] B.T.D.S.

abbr.,n. Bengali Technology Dramatics Society.

[edit] Banda

n. Any boy.

[edit] Bandi

n. Any girl.

[edit] Calci

n. Calculator.

[edit] Cali

n. Calibre.

[edit] Candi

n. Candidate(For elections).

[edit] C.G.

n. Short-form of C.G.P.A.

[edit] C.G.P.A.

abbr,.n. Cumulative Grade Point Average. An index of a students performance in academics which reflects his performance throughout his studies in IIT-KGP.

[edit] Chhagi

n. A C.G.P.A. in between 6 and 7.

[edit] Chhedis

n. A dhaba/restaurant just outside campus.

[edit] C.I.C.

abbr.,n. The Computers and Informatics Centre. It is situated in Takshashila.

[edit] C.L.

abbr.,n. Central Library.

[edit] C.S.

n. The Computer Science Department. Also, n. The game Counter Strike.

[edit] Convo

n. Convocation.

[edit] D.A.S.A.

abbr.,n. Direct Admission of Students Abroad. A special route for NRI sponsored candidates to enter the IITs. Involves less competition than J.E.E. Such students in IITs called DASAites.

[edit] D.C.

abbr.,n. Disciplinary Charge. Due to inappropriate conduct of student. The Commitee hence formed(Disciplinary Commitee).

[edit] Dehli

n. A C.G.P.A. of 10.

[edit] Dep

n. Department.

[edit] DepC

v.t.,v.i. To have a Department change under the provisions specified by IIT-KGP. Requires excellent academic performance in first year B. Tech. course.

[edit] Despo

n. Desperate.

[edit] Diro

n. Director of IIT-KGP.

[edit] D.L.

abbr.,n Dreamland Restaurant.

[edit] D.O.A.A.

abbr.,n. Dean Of Academic Affairs. Responsible for academics of students. He is the administrative in-charge of any Resarch and Development work taken up by the institute.

[edit] D.O.S.A.

abbr.,n. Dean Of Student Affairs. Responsible for mantaining discipline in students. Conducts surprize checks in order to check ragging.

[edit] D.P.

abbr.,n. Durga Puja. The vaccation in its duration.

[edit] Dude

n. Dual Degree Students.

[edit] Eggies

n. The shop adjacent to Vegies Restaurant that serves eggs during night-time.

[edit] D.V.C.

abbr.,n. Damodar Valley Corporation. The D.V.C. Market.

[edit] E.T.D.S.

abbr.,n. English Technology Dramatics Society.

[edit] E.T.M.S.

abbr.,n. Eastern Technology Music Society.

[edit] Facad

n. Faculty Advisor.

[edit] Facca

n. An F-grade in any subject, meaning fail.

[edit] Faccha

n. A first year male student. Usually a B. Tech. student.

[edit] Facchi

n. A first year female student. Usually a B. Tech. student.

[edit] Fight

n.,v.t.,v.i. Difficulty in achieving something.

[edit] Footer

n. A match of Football or (rarely) the sport itself.

[edit] Frust

v.t. Frustrated. Generally due to academics and lack of female population.

[edit] Frustoo

v.t. See Frust.

[edit] Funda

n. The basic knowledge of anything.

[edit] Fundoo

adv. Something having very strong conceptual background. excl. Something great.

[edit] GI

n. The Garden Inn Restaurant.

[edit] G.C.

abbr.,n. General Championship. Either of the Soc-n-cult, Sports, Technology or Hall Affairs.

[edit] Ghaasi

n. A student of Agriculture Engineering Department.

[edit] G.I.H.

abbr.,n. The Great India Hotel. Located approximately 15 kilometres away, along the IIT Bypass Road.

[edit] G.Sec.

abbr.,n. General Secretary. Of Halls or Gymkhana. In Gymkana, always a third year student.

[edit] God

n. A super Stud.

[edit] Gokhale

n. Gokhale Hall Of Residence. A research scholar hall.

[edit] GolB

n. The Gol Bazaar Market.

[edit] GolC

n. The circle (Gol Chakkar) just outside the Main Building of the Institute. Also known as Bidhan Chowk.

[edit] G.P.L.

adv. Rejection. Also, v., n. The act of kicking someone's behind, usually with that person's hands and legs held by someone else, so he cant escape.

[edit] Gult

n. Telugu. A Telugu-speaking person. Originated by reading the word 'Telugu' backwards when written in Telugu.

[edit] Gyan Ghosh Stadium

n. A stadium situated on Scholar's Avenue that is used for a variety of track and field events.

[edit] Gymkhana

n. Technology Students Gymkhana. The centre of all the extra-curricular students' activities. Organises various events and competitions for students.

[edit] Hagga

v. To shit.

[edit] Hagga, Mugga and Shagga

n. The 3 things a KGPian does during his life at KGP.

[edit] Hall

n. Halls Of Residence. Word used for hostel in IIT-KGP. The latter is rarely used. The Halls accomodate students who study in IIT-KGP. All Halls have their separate Mess, Canteens, Grocery & Stationery Shops, etc. There are separate halls for B.Tech students, M.Tech students, Business Management students and Research Scholars.

[edit] Hall-day

n. The celebration day of any Hall in which there is festive atmosphere and people from all over IIT-KGP are invited to enjoy.

[edit] Hall-funda

n. The knowledge of one's Hall specialities and way of life, etc.

[edit] Halu

adv. Hallucinated.

[edit] Happa

n. Hall President.

[edit] Hardcore

excl. An extreme case of situation or attitude.

[edit] Harry's

n. A dhaba/restaurant on the IIT Main Road.

[edit] Hawa

n. J.E.E. All India Rank.

[edit] H.J.B.

abbr.,n. See J.C.B.

[edit] H.L.

abbr.,n. Hall Library

[edit] H.O.D.

abbr.,n. Head of Department.

[edit] H.P.

abbr.,n. Hall President

[edit] H.T.D.S.

abbr.,n. Hindi Technology Dramatics Society.

[edit] I.G.

abbr.,n. Indira Gandhi Hall Of Residence. A senior female students B. Tech. Hall.

[edit] I.I.T. Foundation(U.S.A.)

An alumni foundation responsible for much of development of IIT-KGP in the recent years including funds for buildings, LAN, etc.

[edit] Illu

n. Illumination(on Dipawali). A competition involving all Halls for best illumination and rangoli on Dipawali.

[edit] Indu

n. The Industrial Engineering & Management Department. Also, the students of it.

[edit] Insti

n. Institute. Used to refer the main building of IIT-KGP.

[edit] Intro

n. Introduction. Generally a brief speech involving one's name, department, city, hobbies,etc.

[edit] Jam

n. event of Just a Minute.....in which you are required to speak for a minute

also n.Jamshedpur

[edit] J.C.B.

abbr.,n. Jagdish Chandra Bose Hall Of Residence. Previously a first year male students B. Tech Hall, but now an M. Tech Hall. Shares the same premises and governing body with Homi Jehangir Bhabha(H.J.B.) Hall Of Residence.

[edit] Juice

n. A banda. ekk chickna banda.

[edit] Junk

n. A regular magazine. It contains news of students and reveals the hidden state of affairs, suggestions for a better life, trivia, etc. The members of the group behind it are called Junky.

[edit] Junta

n. The human population. Of IIT-KGP or elsewhere.

[edit] K.G.P.

n. Kharagpur.

[edit] Kam-akal

n. A student of Chemical Engineering Department.

[edit] Khoj

n. A treasure hunt competition organised by Azad Hall.

[edit] L. G. B.

n. Little Green Bastards.... the insects the crawl into all possible crevices on your body and who plague all our Halls in KGP

[edit] Lallu

n. See L.L.R.

[edit] L.L.R.

abbr.,n. Lala Lajpat Rai Hall Of Residence. A senior male students B. Tech. Hall. Commonly used word for it and its residents is lallu.

[edit] Load

n. Tension,v.i. To Have Tension.

[edit] L.S.

abbr.,n. The Little Sisters Restaurant.

[edit] Maaroed

v. The act of doing something. Whatever a KGPian does, it is said that he maaroed it. E.g. we maroed bhaat, maroed fag, maroed booze, maroed crash, maroed hog, maroed mugga, maroed shagga, maroed bunk, maroed crack, even maroed funda in front of others.

[edit] Machuara

n. The Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture Department. Also, the students of it.

[edit] Maggu

n. Student who mugs.

[edit] Makhana

v.t. To spoil a job. To do something unsincerely. To play spoil-sport.

[edit] Mallu

n. Malayali. A Malayali speaking person.

[edit] Maska

n. The 2 year M.Sc. students

[edit] Matka

n. Any M. Tech. male student.

[edit] Matki

n. Any M. Tech. female student.

[edit] M.B.M.

abbr.,n. Masters Of Business Management. A Hall of Business management students. Associated with V.G.S.O.M.

[edit] Menty

n. The Maintenance Secretary of any Hall.

[edit] Meta

n. The Metallurgy and Materials Science Department. Also, the students of it.

[edit] Midtown

n. The Midtown Restaurant.

[edit] M.M.M.

abbr.,n. Madan Mohan Malviya Hall Of Residence.

[edit] M.S.

abbr.,n. Meghnad Saha Hall Of Residence. A Hall accomodating B. Tech. first year male students and M. Tech. students.

[edit] M.T.

abbr.,n. Mother Teresa Hall Of Residence. A female students M. Tech. Hall.

[edit] Mug

v.t.,v.i. To rote.

[edit] Mutter

n. An online forum on IIT Kharagpur's LAN; v.i. To read or write posts on it.

[edit] Nalini Ranjan Sarkar Avenue

n. The part of road that compliments the Scholar's Avenue to make 2.2 kilometre circle.


[edit] Nehli

n. A C.G.P.A. greater than 9.

[edit] Nehru

n. Nehru Hall Of Residence. A senior male students B. Tech Hall.

[edit] Netaji

n. The Netaji Auditotium. Used for conducting major events, performances and screening movies.

[edit] N.M.S.T.

abbr.,n. Nehru Museum of Science and Technology. Located in Old Building.

[edit] N.S.O.

abbr.,n. National Sports Organisation.

[edit] N.S.S.

abbr.,n. National Service Scheme.

[edit] Old Campus

n. See PAN Loop.

[edit] O.P.

abbr.,n. Orientation Period. More commonly used word for ragging in IIT-KGP. It includes mentally harassing junior students and testing their Hall-funda. A commonly used synonym is I.P.(Interaction Period).

[edit] Orientation

n. See O.P.

[edit] P. Team

The publicity team formed during S.F..

[edit] Pact

n. The agreement between Halls to support candidates from other's Hall for a similar support in return.

[edit] PAN Loop

n. The set of Halls: Patel, Azad and Nehru. The area bounded by them. These were the first to be constructed hence known as Old Campus.

[edit] Panji

n. A C.G.P.A. in between 5 and 6.

[edit] Patel

n. Patel Hall Of Residence and its residents. A senior male students B. Tech. Hall.

[edit] P.D.

abbr., n. The Punjabi Dhaba.

[edit] Peace

excl.,n.,v.i., To be tension-free. A tension-free state.


[edit] P.P.T.

abbr., n. Pre-Placement Talks. Talks held by companies when they come for selecting students via the placement process.

[edit] PremB

n. Prem Bazaar.

[edit] Prem Gali

n. The road joining Chemical Engineering and Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture Department.

[edit] Presi

n. President of the Gymkhana.

[edit] Prof

n. Professor.

[edit] Ragging

v.t.,v.i. To harass junior students of one's institute. Use obsolete in IIT-KGP. More commonly used word is Orientation.

[edit] Raman

n. The Raman Auditorium.

[edit] Rassa

n. A male research scholar.

[edit] Rassi

n. A female research scholar.

[edit] R.D.C.

abbr.,n. Rural Development Centre. The central office of N.S.S.

[edit] Rep

suf.,n. Representative.

[edit] Reskee

n. Research Scholars.

[edit] R.K.

abbr.,n. Radhakrishnan Hall Of Residence. A senior male students B. Tech. Hall.

[edit] Room-baap

n. The student(male) who occupied someone's room in the previous year.

[edit] Room-maa

n. The student(female) who occupied someone's room in the previous year.

[edit] R.P.

abbr.,n. Rajendra Prasad Hall Of Residence. A senior male students B. Tech. Hall.

[edit] S.A.M.

abbr.,n. Sir Ashutosh Mukerjee Hall Of Residence. A hall for management students studying in V.G.S.O.M. Shares same premises with Gokhale Hall.

[edit] Satti

n. A C.G.P.A. in between 7 and 8.

[edit] Schol

n. Scholarship, usually during Apping.

[edit] Scholar's Avenue

n. The road leading from the IIT Main Gate about which most of the Halls are situated. Or the Official Student's Newspaper.

[edit] S-Com

n. The Steering Committee of Spring Fest.

[edit] Secy

n. Secretary. Usually of Gymkhana or Halls.

[edit] Sem

n. Semester.

[edit] Senti

n.,v.i. Sentiments. Sentimental.

[edit] S.F.

abbr.,n. Spring Fest. An annual festival in IIT-KGP when there are plenty of competitions, events and performances by well known artists. Proclaimed as eastern India's biggest festival.

[edit] S.G.P.A.

abbr,.n. Semester Grade Point Average. An index of a students performance in academics which reflects his performance in a particular semester.

[edit] S.M.S.T.

abbr.,n. School of Medical Sciences and Technology.

[edit] S.N.

abbr.,n. Sarojini Naidu Hall Of Residence. A female students B. Tech. Hall. Residents are called SNites.

[edit] Soc-n-cult

n. Social and Cultural Activities.

[edit] S.Q.

abbr.,n. Summer Quater. A special course organised by IIT-KGP for students who fail to clear subjects in previous semesters, so that they need not repeat next year.

[edit] S.T.E.P.

abbr.,n. Science and Technology Enterpreneur's Park.

[edit] Stud

n. Any student who is good in academics as well as other fields like sports, etc.

[edit] Takshashila

n. A complex that houses C.I.C.

[edit] Tam

n. Tamil. A Tamil-speaking person.

[edit] T&P

abbr.,n. Training And Placement Section.

[edit] T.D.S.

abbr.,n. Technology Dance Society.

[edit] Tech

pre.,adj. Technology. An adjective used frequently with anything associated with IIT-KGP.

[edit] Tech-mart

n. Technology Market. A market inside IIT-KGP premises.

[edit] Tempo

n. Enthusiasm and vigour.

[edit] Tempo shout

v.i. To shout in a singing manner "KGP Ka Tempo High Hai". Of KGP or of some similar affiliations like Hall. n. The shout "KGP Ka Tempo High Hai".

[edit] T.F.S.

abbr.,n. Technology Film Society.

[edit] T.H.O.K.

abbr.,n. Thick Heads Of KGP. A student of Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering Department.

[edit] Tinku

n. An Egg-Poach-Burger.

[edit] T.O.A.T.

abbr.,n. Tagore Open Air Theatre.

[edit] Tumpa

abbr.,n. Typically Uncivilized Midnaporean People's Association, or Tribal Uncivilized Midnaporean People's Association. People who belong to Midnapur district.

[edit] T.S.G.

abbr.,See Gymkhana.

[edit] Uddu

n. An Oriya-speaking person.

[edit] Vegies

n. The Vegies Restaurant. Located on the Scholar's Avenue.

[edit] V.G.S.

abbr.,n. Vishveshwaraiyya Guest House.

[edit] V.G.S.O.M.

abbr.,n. Vinod Gupta School Of Management.

[edit] Vikramshila

n. One of the recently built academic complex to take over/compliment the role of Main Building.

[edit] Volu

n. Volunteer.

[edit] Vortex

n. A dance competition between different Halls organised by L.L.R. Hall.

[edit] V.P.

abbr.,n. Vice President of Gymkhana, a fourth year student.

[edit] V.S.

abbr.,n. Vidyasagar Hall Of Residence. An M. Tech. Hall.

[edit] W.T.M.S.

abbr.,n. Western Technology Music Socity.

[edit] Z.H.

abbr.,n, Zakir Hussain Hall Of Residence. A research scholar Hall.

[edit] Key for Abbreviations Used

  • abbr. - Abbreviation
  • adj. - Adjective
  • adv. - Adverb
  • excl. - Exclamation
  • n. - Noun
  • pre. - Prefix
  • suf. - Suffix
  • usu. - Usually
  • v.i. - Verb(intransitive)
  • v.t. - Verb(transitive)

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