Tales of Street Love and Lust were compiled after bloggers/ blank noise members/ supporters/ Blank Noise agents emailed us what they were referred as or called on the street by random male strangers. This is an effort to compile an 'eve teasing' vocabulary. Statements received will be uploaded here. Food here. (Don't miss the song from Prema Loka- here comes a girl looking like a lemon)Movie Songs here. Below is a list of 'love' references- do keep sending them in if you've been shocked, amused, threatened, attacked, humiliated by them.
words of love:
- chammiya
- gudiya (doll)
- 'gullabbo' ( miss rose)
- 'sundari' (gorgeous)
- laila
- Juliet
- baby doll
- sweety
- 'ms. busty'
- baby/ bebe
- sweetheart
- darling
- jaan (life)
- chhokri ('girl' in vernacular slang i guess)
- jaaneman( the love of my life)
- phuljhari (firecracker)
- Rani (queen)
- Chhammak Chhallo
- mallika (queen)
- Bijli (lightening)
- 'Bomb'
- 'Item'
- 'Soodu'
- piece
- bollySakkat,(super sexy)
- sexy
- GORI ( fair skinned)
- ummmmmmmm!
- Flower
- Suzie
- Lilly
- taj mahal ( monument)
- Photaka( fire craker)
- mike( another very popular word in kolkata for breasts)
- Headlights
- rose
- Yummy
- Sexaaay
- Chasmeesh....
- pussy
- Veena ( musical instrument)
- Matka ( earthen pot)
- khekda ( which in marathi means crab)
- horn
- lota (spinning top)
- Tennis balls
- Footballs
- katori (bowl?)
- CHIKNI MAST ( white exciting thing)
- Scooby doo
- Elephant
- tortoise
- sun silk
- Malldaar (the jerk said this one looking at my boobs)
- DAGAAR - a veryyy veryyyy cheap Kannada word which means 'cheap whore'.... usually they would say this when I would stare back at them with anger or scold them.... this word used to make me furious!!
- Lal chhaddi" (red stick)
- Hot
- Kutri
- kali( dark skin woman)
- nagin(snake)
- "Baby
- "Sweetie"
- "Lovely"
- "Darling"
- FIGURE - How could I forget this.... the most common word you here on the roads of Bangalore
- DOVE - They pronounce it as DAWUU(I dont think u can guess how they say it unless u live in Bangalore). In their lingo its supposed to mean 'beloved'!!!
- mast- exciting
- cheez- thing
- darling (accompanied by kissing noises
- chhokri ('girl' in vernacular slang i guess)
- maal (goods)
- jaan( life)
- Maskali