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Ravages has added 60 words, 5 lists, 71 comments, and 9 tags.
Ravages has made 71 comments and citations:
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Comments 1 through 71 of 71
on chandrachoodan , Ravages said:
“reesetee: Thank you!

Bilby: I take it out, and let it roam the western skies then.” more...
on the list Great FlickrNames, Ravages said:
“Ravages?” more...
on the list In Gods Name, Ravages said:
“You're welcome. I shall try adding more Indian/Hindu names” more...
on bilby's profile, Ravages said:
“Got it. Getting in. Interesting idea, kinda like my old flame - WikiTravel.” more...
on the list Words with that horrible 'gn' sound, Ravages said:
“IGNOU? An acronym for the Indira Gandhi National Open University. It's now forgotten, is the name and only referred to as IGNOU” more...
on sanskrit , Ravages said:
“Samskrtam means cultured.” more...
on chandrachoodan , Ravages said:
“from Sanskrit = another name for the god Shiva

Chandra = Moon
choodan = lock of hair/

Chandrachoodan = he who bears the moon in his matted hair....” more...
on the list In Gods Name, Ravages said:
“Nataraja
Chandrachoodan” more...
on bilby's profile, Ravages said:
“Re: Travel magazine.
Oh yeah! I am interested. Very, even. Who should I contact?

C” more...
on the list Words with that horrible 'gn' sound, Ravages said:
“Carthaginian?” more...
on coffeen , Ravages said:
“to die of an overdose of coffee.
where dead coffee addicts go to.

coined by me, here -
http://wordmint.blogspot.com/2006/05/coffeen.html” more...
on wordaliser , Ravages said:
“one who visualises words;
to paint a picture with words.” more...
on mellifluous , Ravages said:
“smooth, sweet, feminine.

describing a language?

of greek origin(?)” more...
on the list Words with that horrible 'gn' sound, Ravages said:
“design?” more...
on magister , Ravages said:
“master
judge
high-priest
owner
leader” more...
on blog magister , Ravages said:
“the high-priest of blogging” more...
on blurker , Ravages said:
“a blog lurker” more...
on copywriter , Ravages said:
“I am one.” more...
on John's profile, Ravages said:
“Re: Diesel. Thank you!” more...
on varnashrama , Ravages said:
“While Caste does figure in this, the Varnashrama is more a description of the four stages/ashrams in the life of a Brahman -

as a bachelor, -...” more...
on the list surprisingly eponymous, Ravages said:
“Benz
Ford
Diesel I think is also eponymous” more...
on click-clickety whirr , Ravages said:
as in:
"click-clickety whirr" You've been added to my mailing list.” more...
on splopp blipp bloop blibb , Ravages said:
“reminds me of another of my favourite words - click-clickety whirr” more...
on single-commentedly , Ravages said:
“first used here” more...
on single-commentedly , Ravages said:
“the blog version of 'single-handedly'” more...
on hing , Ravages said:
“Turns out I was wrong. Hing is indeed asafoetida.
The tamil word for it is Perungaayam. பெருங்காயம்” more...
on hing , Ravages said:
“Most puritans/religious fundamentalist consider asafoetida as evil. It stimulates the "tamasik" quality in men and that's a bad thing, apparently.” more...
on hing , Ravages said:
“I'm not sure. I think it is ginger. The Tamil word for ginger is (H)Inji (இஞ்சி/இந்ஜி)

Let me check.” more...
on trebuchet , Ravages said:
“also a typeface. popular.” more...
on idli , Ravages said:
“a staple of south India.
rice cakes/dumplings steamed and served with chutney and sambar.

possible etymology : Tamil இட்டு + ஆவி...” more...
on chutney , Ravages said:
“ground paste, to be used as a dip. Usually made with coconut. Comes from the Malayalam word Chammandhi” more...
on mulligatawny , Ravages said:
“tamil "milagu" (மிளகு) = pepper, and tamil "thanni" (தண்ணீர்) = water.” more...
on catamaran , Ravages said:
“a raft, made by splicing together two logs.
from the tamil word Kattumaram (கட்டு மரம் meaning bound wood)” more...
on madras , Ravages said:
“madras
city
and cloth
and fashion
and a state of mind.” more...
on madras , Ravages said:
“City, actually
Now Chennai.” more...
on presactly , Ravages said:
“word first used by (to my knowledge) a flickr contact called FrogMuseum.” more...
on tiffin , Ravages said:
“Cadbury's have a brand called tiffins. great chocolates they make.” more...
on tiffin , Ravages said:
“from tiffing. now Indian for a late-afternoon snack” more...
on hing , Ravages said:
“hing is also I, when I have a couple of screws loose
Or, is that unhing-ed?” more...
on hing , Ravages said:
“hing is ginger” more...
on presactly , Ravages said:
“precisely exact
exactly precise

press act” more...
on parsifal , Ravages said:
“I am immensely in love with this word.” more...
on loth , Ravages said:
“is it fair to say many instances of loth, or loths, turn one a sloth?” more...
on cronk , Ravages said:
“crank up the cronk a notch?” more...
on antithetical , Ravages said:
“As the silent-est member of the Cartel, I am sure you will have no trouble getting in. Though, there's a test of logic, and stuff.” more...
on antithetical , Ravages said:
“http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/04/and-what-is-the-cartel/” more...
on antithetical , Ravages said:
“the libertarian cartel” more...
on bomblette , Ravages said:
“Bull's Eye is how they call the sunny-side up egg in the part of India I live in. Or, well, used to. Not sure now.” more...
on dee why , Ravages said:
“eee, why not?” more...
on goobles , Ravages said:
“not to be confused with gobbles?

boogers also apt, when describing indescribably yucky wet messy things. like this sentence.” more...
on bomblette , Ravages said:
“dangerous cousin, the bull's-eye.” more...
on bomblette , Ravages said:
“often deceptive, appears tame, especially when ketchup is liberally applied on it.” more...
on tamil , Ravages said:
“The dot also goes here.” more...
on bingety-bongety , Ravages said:
“clickety-clackety
flippety-floppety
pitter-patter” more...
on boomlet , Ravages said:
“sausurges lead to baloney money?” more...
on dear john , Ravages said:
“Thank you!

C” more...
on boomlet , Ravages said:
“bilby: Wouldn't that be an bomblette?
boomlet - what your pig will give birth to during periods of heightened economic growth and stock market...” more...
on frolic , Ravages said:
“cues green, rolling meadows.
cues warm sunlight and a gentle breeze.” more...
on tamil , Ravages said:
“Sarra: தமிழ்
The dot on top defines the retroflex "L" sound.” more...
on frolicing , Ravages said:
“frolic
happy, happy, joy, joy
dance.
gambol” more...
on the list Proof that marketers are idiots, Ravages said:
“kwality, in India. Famous ice-cream brand.” more...
on tradition , Ravages said:
“ritual
customs
binding
religion
culture
practice” more...
on perfunctory , Ravages said:
“forced
out-of-habit
monotonous
careless
superficial” more...
on convention , Ravages said:
“common
accepted
norm
consensus
tradition” more...
on proforma , Ravages said:
“perfunctory
machine-like
convention” more...
on proforma , Ravages said:
“proforma invoice
that which could be?
an example
potential, prospective” more...
on tamil , Ravages said:
“A language, of Dravidian (as opposed to Indo-European) origin. Also the people who speak the language. And their culture.

Speakers in India...” more...
on meandering , Ravages said:
“of rivers. of men. of tastes. of fickle hearts.

oxbow” more...
on industrial estate , Ravages said:
“a large area with manufacturing units, producing similar products. A very Indian (I think) phenomenon. The first was in Guindy, Chennai.” more...
on boomlet , Ravages said:
“Not an omelette.” more...
on suggestibel , Ravages said:
“sounds like decibel” more...
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