Monday, January 8, 2007

Pandaram's Box

Meaning: Something that contains nothing or items of no value.
Pronounciation: Pun-da-rum's box
Usage: The burglar knew he had opened a pandaram's box, when the house that he broke into contained almost nothing.
Root: Pandora's box
Note:A pandaram is a mendicant/monk in the Tamil language.Detailed explanations welcome.

6 Comments:

Blogger Magnolia said...

is your job profile coining names for cars?
You're too good at coining new words!

January 9, 2007 at 3:26 AM  
Blogger Gowri Shankar said...

Thanks.If only those guys at Wordmint realized it...they kicked me out for a stupid reason that I was writing under a pseudonymn.

January 9, 2007 at 8:45 PM  
Blogger Magnolia said...

pseudonym? gowri shankar ain't your real name??
And the guy ubermaniam started with pseudonym of 'the daily unusual'!....why should they have a problem when pseudonyms?Half of the team have pseudonyms!
Crazy are the times!

January 9, 2007 at 10:08 PM  
Blogger Gowri Shankar said...

No.Gowri Shankar IS my real name.My pseudonymn was SARCASM101.And how do you know that TDU and Ubermaniam are the same people?!!!

January 10, 2007 at 8:47 PM  
Blogger Magnolia said...

oh so YOU are sarcasm101...loved gasassination!
Well I've hanging around the blog for a long time...so I know TDU and Ubermaniam are same.

January 10, 2007 at 11:34 PM  
Blogger Gowri Shankar said...

@Mag
Thx.My only submission on Wordmint under a pseudonymn.
@Critic
I agree I shouldn't gripe but the day I got kicked out for no reason and without prior notification,it hurt man...hurt real bad.That day Chanakya II was born...
;)

January 11, 2007 at 6:55 PM  

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