Arunabh Das's definitions

IALTO

I Am Like That Only

Ramesh was always pulling a fast one on his friends. He explained by saying "IALTO".

by Arunabh Das April 22, 2004

Nilesh Mohan

He has been my best friend for the past 3 years since our days in TVM

Nilesh Mohan is a.k.a. Jordon because he is a pro-basketballer slam-dunking guy

by Arunabh Das April 22, 2004

shpiel

A long sales pitch by a person who wants to sell you on an idea or convince you about what kind of person he is. Usually used for picking up chicks or selling you car insurance.

See also shtick

If you want to get some, you have to have a to start with a good opener and follow it up with a good shpiel.

by Arunabh Das February 20, 2009

afpak

The Afghanistan-Pakistan problem. This is term used by the U.S. to refer to the war-on-terror in Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. The general consensus amongst political pundits is that there is not a separate strategy that needs to be followed for dealing with Pakistan and for dealing with terrorism in Afghanistan but that there must be a unified approach known as the Afpak Approach.

Hillary Clinton is going to take care of Afpak fo shizzle.

by Arunabh Das January 25, 2009

spin alley

Wherever there is a big candidates' debate there is Spin Alley. After the debate, journalists have to write stories, produce TV packages. For this they need quotes and authorized knowers who can talk on camera.


There to provide such are the spinners: hired guns, stand-ins, soulmates who agree to meet the press after the debate to explain why their candidate "won." Of course this is a verdict known in advance; however that fact too is known in advance, so no one really minds. Spin Alley will live again in whatever large, air-conditioned room is next designated for the ritual. Unless it's stopped.

After the debate, I took the press shuttle back to the media center -- and to the small section therein blatantly designated "Spin Alley," ringed on three sides by bare-bones makeshift broadcast platforms and stuffed to capacity with reporters, camera crews and politicos. Everywhere you looked there were clusters of media people surrounding spinners and surrogates, whose names were printed on laminated red signs held high above the crowd by aides. I felt like I was standing in the middle of one of my own damn cartoons come to life.

by Arunabh Das April 24, 2005

Iravati Hingne

She was a girl who I fell in love with in TVM. Unfortunately, she wasn't interested in me.

Iravati Hingne wasn't interested in me.

by Arunabh Das April 22, 2004

gigonomics

Refers to an economy where no one has a "real" job. Everyone has "gigs", i.e. short-term contracts for doing things with no benefits or pension plans.

Tina Brown refers to the economics of the new economy as gigonomics in her column on The Daily Beast.

by Arunabh Das January 25, 2009