2. Chikna - stands for any good looking fellow. Chikna actually means smooth. Chinki is the female version of the same word.
3. Dhapnya / Battery / double battery - Refers to a person wearing prescription glasses. Dhapnya is a marathi word.
4. Chaayla! - The original meaning is quiet demeaning. The contemporary meaning is so flexible that "Chaayla" can be used anywhere in a casual conversation.
5. Haila ! - This originated from "Hai Allah!" but I dont think 99% of the users know about this. Haila would translate to "Oh God !"
6. Keeda / SulemaniKeeda - an absolute pest.
7. Jhakaas - Superb. Excellent.
8. Mandvali / Mandavli - Compromise.
9. Gangaram - for a barber. Gangaram is a guys name.. I guess some Gangaram must have played an immortal role in some play or movie for his name to stick on.
10. Chagan / Dhating / Hajaam - Hajaam in its true sense would mean a barber. It refers to anyone with a moronic intellect. I think the meaning of the word "Chagan" better be left unsaid.
11. Atrangi - one meaning of this word is similar too Hajaam. Atrangi also mean something extraordinary.
12. ChappanTikkli / Punter / Tapori / Shana - Roadside loafer. Tapori is among the most commonly used words in Bhindi.
13. Charsi / Fookda / Soootya - A smoker. Charas is exactly marijuana.
Charasi would mean any guy who smokes though.
14. Raanti / Saand - a boisterous or an exceeding brash guy.
15. Bevada / Gutter / Taankee / Batli / JohnnyWalker - A Drunk. JohnnyWalker comes from either the actor by the name or the whiskey brand
16. Rappak ( "pp"; is stressed on ) - means Slap. ( eg. Kaan kay neechay rappak lagaoonga. )
17. Tapri - A road side shop
18. Chotay - stands for any kid working in a Tapri.. If the shop has more than one kid ... all would have to be Chotays.
19. Ramu - see "chotay",
20. Mava / (120 - 300) EkSauBees-TeenSau - This is a type of paan.
21. Manikchand - Manikchand is a famous brand of chewing tabacco. This term also stands for the person who consumes it.
22. Dhoop Chav - Means sun and shade. Refers to the shops owned by the road side barbers who just have a rag for the shade and is obviously hole-ridden to let the Dhoop come in.
24. Mahim - Matunga / Vasai - Virar - This is a term used for Squints. M-M and V-V are neighbouring localities in Bombay.
25. Ghungroo Salmaan - This term is very new but catching on fast. Ghungroo refers to a curly haired guy. Salmaan (Khan) comes in the picture since "Ghungroo Salmaan" fellow is obviously mistaking himself to be a hindi filmi hero. It is used as put down.
26. Cutting - A little-more-than-half cup of tea is a cutting.
27. AndhaDhuni / Aadva-Patta - There are cricketing terms. AadvaPatta comes from Pune, means "Cross Batted Shot". AndhaDhuni means "Blind Shot". But nowadays these refer to any guy who doesn't bat well.
28. Mama / Maushi - Mama and Maushi translate to the maternal uncle and aunt. These words are thoroughly misused to get some work done. Every other marathi speaking street vendor would be Mama or Maushi.
29. Dada / Tai - Translate to elder brother or sister. Usgae - see Mama-maushi.
30. Uncle / Aunty - Usage similar to Mama- Maushi.
31. Ghatti - Ghaatis are the residents of the hilly/rural regions of Maharashtra. In Bhindi, ghati would mean any person whose mother tongue is marathi.
32. Gujju / Ganda - Gujratis. The money men of Mumbai. These guys are easily spotted on the road - either in colorful shirts, embroidered trousers, against the mirror of a parked vehicle combing their hair. Ganda actually means MAD..no need to explain why??
33. Madrasi - Madras is a place in the southern partt on India. Madrasi refers to any guy from a place to the south of Maharashtra, doesn't matter where he is from.
34. Gulti - Used for peoples from AndhraPradesh. It comes from taking the letters Te-lu-gu and saying them backwards as gu-lu-te. It originates from madras.
35. Bhaiya / Pandit - Any guy from UP / Bihar / MP / Delhi / Northern states is called a bhaiya. Pandit is also used interchangably but is mostly used for the guys at the lassi/dhoodh shops.
36. Paapay / Papajee - A Sikh. Dont know what a paapay means. I am sure its not insulting or anything.
37. Pavwalla / Sausage - The Christians. I guess this started becoz of the fact that they eat bread instead of chapatis. Sausage is a fairly new term and refers to a female (of the same faith).
38. Bawa / Pestonjee - The Parsees. The most harmless. Jovial and great company. Definitely the most teased people on the hindi silver screen. Every movie has to have atleast one funny character called "Rustom" or "Pestonjee"; who has to have a fat and an overtly boisterious wife. Incedently Parsees also are the most affluent and among the richest in the Indian community. Bombay is also called "ParseeSthan" since this is the place where you find most of them.
39. Cheena / Nepali / Shaab-babu ( 'sh' as in 'huSH' )- Any slant eyed guy is called Cheena or Nepali. Doesnt matter if he is from kerala and some genetic disorder messed up his eye. He would still be a nepali. The best part is many of the north eastern states and even WestBengal have people with slant eyes. However if they happen to land in Bombay they would be from Nepal. The Chinese/Japs/Koreans all fall in the same category. Shaab-babu comes from the fact that these Nepali gurkhas call every other person they see "Shaab-babu".
40. Sai ( Saa-eeen - the second part is increasingly nasal ) - The Sindis. The partition time migrants from Pakistan. If a hindi movie doesnt have a parsee .. a sindi has to come at some point to lighten the spirits.
41. Mia-bhai - The members of the Islamic faith.
42. Bong / Bonglababu / Babumoshai ( pronunciation should have maximum sounds of "O" as possible) - for any Bengali person.
43. Bambaiyya - Anything that relates to anything that even vaugely relates to Bombay. Bambaiyaa is something that every resident of Bombay would love to be called !
44. Waacchha - A term used for Parsis in Bombay. No idea of the origin.
