Lingo of IIT Kharagpur

This page lists slang words and phrases used at IIT Kharagpur.

Common Words

These are some of the common words (not in alphabetic order)

• Load - n. Tension; v.i. To Have Tension.

• Peace - excl., n., v.i., To be tension-free. A tension-free state.

• 2.2 - n. A 2.2 km circular track at the centre of the campus, or a run of it.

• C.G. - abbr. Short-form of C.G.P.A. abbr. Short for Center of Gravity. A punishment/prank where your room's contents are moved around to cause grief to you on your return.

• Tech-M - n. Technology Market, a market inside the campus.

• DepC - v.t., v.i. Department change

• DC++ - n. The Direct Connect network used for file-sharing through LAN. See DC.

• Maggu - n. Student who mugs.

• Makhana - v.t. To spoil a job. To do something insincerely. To play spoil-sport.

• Machana - v.t. To do an excellent job in something.

• Stud - n. Any student who is good in academics as well as other fields like sports, etc.

• Tempo - n. Enthusiasm and vigour.

• Tempo shout - v.i. To shout in a singing manner "KGP Ka Tempo High Hai". Of KGP or of some similar affiliations like Hall such as "X ka tempo high hai" for X Hall of Residence; n. The shout "KGP Ka Tempo High Hai".

• Junta - n. The human population. Of IIT-KGP or elsewhere.

• Dep - n. Department

• Prof - n. Professor.

• V.P. - abbr., n. Vice President of Gymkhana.

• P.S.I. - abbr., n. Pehchanane Se Inkaar (Refusing recognition). To ignore someone or to forget deliberately.

• Fakka - n. An F-grade in any subject, meaning fail.

• Faccha - n. A first year male student. Usu. a B. Tech. Student.

• Facchi - n. A first year female student. Usu. a B. Tech. Student.

• G.P.L. - adv. Rejection. v.i., n. The act of kicking someone's behind.

• Funda - n. The basic knowledge of anything.

• Happa - n. Hall President.

• FacAd - n. Faculty Advisor.

• H.O.D. - abbr., n. Head of Department.

• Lodu - n. A person who takes lot of load. See Load.

• Pakau - v.t. Boring.

• Illu - n. Illumination(on Dipawali). A competition involving all Halls for best illumination and rangoli on Dipawali.

• O.P. - abbr., n. Orientation Period. More commonly used word for ragging in IIT-KGP. It includes bonding with junior students and testing their Hall-funda. A commonly used synonym is I.P. (Interaction Period).

• Intro - n. Introduction. Generally a brief speech involving one's name, department, city, hobbies, etc.

• P.P.O. - abbr., n. Pre-Placement Offer. Job offers given by companies before the placement officially begins.

• P.P.T. - abbr., n. Pre-Placement Talks. Talks held by companies when they come for selecting students via the placement process.

• T.O.A.T. - abbr., n. Tagore Open Air Theatre.
• T.L.S.H.Y. - abbr. n. Teri Life Sahi Hai Yaar (your life is awesome)

• Panji - n. A C.G.P.A. in between 5 and 6.

• Chhagi - n. A C.G.P.A. in between 6 and 7.

• Satti - n. A C.G.P.A. in between 7 and 8.

• Atthi - n. A C.G.P.A. in between 8 and 9.

• Nehli - n. A C.G.P.A. greater than 9.

• Dehli / Dassi- n. A C.G.P.A. of 10.

• D.P. - abbr., n. Durga Puja. The vacation in its duration.

• Banda - n. Any boy.

• Bandi - n. Any girl.

• Bhajan - n. A euphemism for sexually explicit media files.

• Bhaat - n. Bekar Chat. A useless talk in a group whose sole purpose is to pass time. Also a regular magazine drafted by first year students trying to copy Junk.

• Batti - n. The Electrical Engineering Department. Also, the students of it.

• Ghaasi - n. A student of Agriculture Engineering Department.

• Hathora / Mechenchi- n. The Mechanical Engineering Department. Also, the students of it.

• Indu - n. The Industrial Engineering & Management Department. Also, the students of it.

• Machuara - n. The Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture Department. Also, the students of it.

• Meta - n. The Metallurgy and Materials Science Department. Also, the students of it.
• Lohar - n. A student of Metallurgy and Materials Science Department.

• G.C. - abbr., n. General Championship. Either of the Soc-n-cult, Sports, Technology or Hall Affairs.

• Fight - n., v.t., v.i. Difficulty in achieving something.

• Chhedis / 6dis - n. A dhaba just outside campus.

• D.O.S.A. - abbr., n. Dean Of Student Affairs.

• Acads - n. Academics.

• Archi - n. The Architecture Department. Also, the students of it.

• Taapna - v.t., v.i. Copying assignments or examination answer-scripts from any person.

• Soc-cult - n. Social and Cultural Activities.

• Secy - n. Secretary. A typical student post at the Gymkhana or hall council.

• Room-baap - n. The student(male) who occupied someone's room in the previous year.

• Room-maa - n. The student(female) who occupied someone's room in the previous year.

• R.D.C. - abbr., n. Rural Development Centre. The central office of N.S.S.

• B.C. Roy - n. Bidhan Chandra Roy, former Chief Minister of West Bengal. Many establishments in including a hospital, a hall, and the central square are named after him.

• Adhyan -n. Any male student who posts too much on social media platforms

• Matka - n. Any M. Tech. male student.

• Matki - n. Any M. Tech. female student.

• S.F. - abbr., n. Spring Fest, the annual cultural festival of IIT-KGP.

• Hapa - n. See Happa.

Other Words

These are other Lingo words in Alphabetic order:

• 11 - n. Ha-Ha (a laugh). Adopted from its shortcut in Age of Empires.

• A.I.R. - abbr., n. All India Rank. See Hawa.

• A.O.E. - n. The Age of Empire game.

• App - v.i. To apply to universities (usually abroad).

• Apping - v.i. See App.

• Arbit - adj. Arbitrary.

• A. Team - n. The Action team formed during SF.

• Aunties - n. A grocery store located just outside IIT campus. Named after the lady running the store.

• Baapi - n. An intellectual belonging to the BTDS.

• Baddy - n. The sport of Badminton; adj. Related to the sport.

• Basic - n. An usual activity or characteristics of an individual, place, or any other entity.
• Bangy - n. Bangalore.

• Baski - n. The sport of Basketball; adj. Related to the sport.

• Bhaatu - n. A person who is very talkative. See Bhaat.

• Bhatnagar - n. The Bhatnagar Auditorium.

• B.T.D.S. - abbr., n. Bengali Technology Dramatics Society.

• Cali - n. Calibre.
• Cancer Puff - n. The last few millimetres of Sutta.

• Candi - n. Candidate (For elections).

• C.D. - n. Short-form of Cold Drink. Used for any cold beverage.

• C.G.P.A. - abbr., n. Cumulative Grade Point Average. An index of a students performance in academics which reflects performance throughout the studies in IIT-KGP.

• C.I.C. - abbr., n. The Computers and Informatics Centre. It is situated in Takshashila.

• C.L. - abbr., n. Central Library.

• C.S. - abbr., n. The Computer Science Department. abbr., n. Counter Strike (First-person shooter game).

• Convo - n. Convocation.

• D.A.S.A - abbr., n. Direct Admission of Students Abroad. A special route for N.R.I. sponsored candidates to enter the IITs. Involves less competition than J.E.E. Such students in IITs called DASAites. Use deprecated after the program was scrapped.

• D.C. - abbr., n. Disciplinary Charge. Due to inappropriate conduct of student. The Committee hence formed (Disciplinary Committee). n. The file sharing software "DC++".

• Despo - n. Desperate.
• Dhantin - n. Post party lit scenes.

• Diro - n. Director of IIT-KGP.

• Disco - n. Short for Disciplinary Committee.

• D.L. - abbr., n. Dreamland Restaurant.

• D.O.A.A. - abbr., n. Dean Of Academic Affairs. Responsible for academics of students. He is the main responsible person in any Research and Development work taken up by the institute.

• Dude - n. Dual Degree Students.

• E.T.D.S. - abbr., n. English Technology Dramatics Society.

• E.T.M.S. - abbr., n. Eastern Technology Music Society.

• Fatka - n. Loss.

• Fattu - n. Meek. Coward.

• Footer - n. A match of Football or (rarely) the sport itself.

• Frust - v.t. Frustrated. Generally due to academics and lack of female population. Also Frustoo.

• Frustoo - v.t. See Frust.

• Fundoo - adv. Something having very strong conceptual background; excl. Something great.

• Gawd - n. An achiever in any field, academics or otherwise. See also: Stud.

• G.I. - abbr., n. Short for Garden Inn.

• G.I.H. - abbr., n. The Great India Hotel. Located approximately 15 kilometres away, along the IIT Bypass Road.

• G.M.A.T. - Short-form of "G Mein Apar Tension". A person who takes lot of load (synonym of Lodu).

• G.Sec. - abbr., n. General Secretary. Of Halls or Gymkhana. In Gymkhana, always a third year student.

• GolB - n. The Gol Bazaar Market.

• GolC - n. The circle (Gol Chakkar) just outside the Main Building of the Institute. Also known as Bidhan Chowk.

• Gult - n. Telugu. A Telugu-speaking person. Originated by reading the word 'Telugu' backwards when written in Telugu.

• Hall - n. (Halls Of Residence). Word used for hostel in IIT-KGP. The latter is rarely used. The Halls accommodate students who study in IIT-KGP. All Halls have their separate Mess, Canteens, Grocery & Stationery Shops, etc. There are separate halls for B.Tech students, M.Tech students, Business Management students and Research Scholars.

• Halu - adv. Hallucinated.

• Harry's - n. A dhaba/restaurant on the IIT Main Road.

• Hawa - n. AIR. J.E.E. All India Rank.

• H.J.B. - abbr., n. See J.C.B.

• H.L. - abbr., n. Hall Library

• H.P. - abbr., n. Hall President

• H.T.D.S. - abbr., n. Hindi Technology Dramatics Society.

• Huhaa - v.t. Something extremely great in magnitude. Ex: Huhaa tempo

• I.G. - abbr., n. Indira Gandhi Hall Of Residence. A senior female students B. Tech. Hall.

• Insti - n. Institute. Used to refer the main building of IIT-KGP.

• I.P. - abbr., n. Interaction Period. See O.P.

• J.A.M. - abbr., n. The event of Just a Minute, in which you are required to speak for a minute. n. Jamshedpur.

• J.C.B. - abbr., n. Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Hall Of Residence. B. Tech and Research Scholar male students Hall. Shares the same premises with Homi Jehangir Bhabha (H.J.B.) Hall Of Residence

• Kam-akal - n. A student of Chemical Engineering Department.

• Kela - adv. Failure.

• Kholu - n. The top ranked general category student admitted through JEE in any department/specialization.

• K.L.P.D. - abbr., adv. Rejection. Especially for the case when success was imminent.

• Kol - n. Kolkata.

• Lallu - n. See L.L.R.
• L.B.S - abbr., n. Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence

• L.G.B. - abbr., n. Little Green Bastards. A small insect that is attracted towards light. Often found in groups of over hundred, causing extreme irritation to students.

• L.L.R. - abbr., n. Lala Lajpat Rai Hall Of Residence. A senior male students B. Tech. Hall. Commonly used word for it and its residents is lallu.

• L.S. - abbr., n. The Little Sisters Restaurant.

• Maraoed - v.t. The act of doing something. viz. we maroed bhaat, maraod mugga, maroed bunk, maroed funda.

• Maska - n. The 2 year M.Sc. students. n. The Maths & Computing Stream. Also, the students of it.

• M.B.M. - abbr., n. Masters Of Business Management. A Hall of Business management students. Associated with V.G.S.O.M.

• Menty - n. The Maintenance Secretary of any Hall.

• M.M.M. - abbr., n. Madan Mohan Malviya Hall Of Residence.

• M.S. - abbr., n. Meghnad Saha Hall Of Residence. A senior male students B. Tech. Hall

• M.T. - abbr., n. Mother Teresa Hall Of Residence. A female students M. Tech. Hall.

• M.T.R. - n. See Midtown Restaurant.

• N.M.S.T. - abbr., n. Nehru Museum of Science and Technology. Located in Old Building

• N.S.O. - abbr., n. National Sports Organization.

• N.S.S. - abbr., n. National Service Scheme.

• Old Campus - n. See PAN Loop.
• On/Off - n. In/Out of the involvement.

• Orientation - n. See O.P.

• Pact - n. The agreement between Halls to support candidates from other's Hall for a similar support in return.

• PAN Loop - n. The set of Halls: Patel, Azad and Nehru and area bounded by them. These were the first to be constructed hence known as Old Campus.

• P.D. - abbr., n. The Punjabi Dhaba. Located in Gol Bazaar.

• PremB - n. Prem Bazaar.

• Prem Gali - n. The road joining Chemical Engineering and Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture Department.

• Presi - n. President of the Gymkhana.

• P. Team - n. The publicity team formed during Spring Fest.

• Rassa - n. A male research scholar.

• Rassi - n. A female research scholar

• Rep - suf., n. Representative.

• Reskee - n. Research Scholars.

• RGSOIPL - abbr., n. Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law. A Law School in IIT Kharagpur.

• R.K. - abbr., n. Radhakrishnan Hall Of Residence. A senior male students B. Tech. Hall.

• R.P. - abbr., n. Rajendra Prasad Hall Of Residence. A senior male students B. Tech. Hall.

• S.A.M. - abbr., n. Sir Ashutosh Mukerjee Hall Of Residence. A hall for management students studying in V.G.S.O.M. Shares same premises with Gokhale Hall.

• Schol - n. Scholarship, usually during Apping.

• Scholar's Avenue - n. The road leading from the IIT Main Gate about which most of the Halls are situated. n. The Official Students' Newspaper.

• S-Com - n. The Steering Committee of Spring Fest.

• Sem - n. Semester.

• Senti - n., v.i. Sentiments. Sentimental.

• S.G.P.A. - abbr., n. Semester Grade Point Average. An index of a students performance in academics which reflects his performance in a particular semester.

• S.M.S.T. - abbr., n. School of Medical Sciences and Technology.

• S.N. - abbr., n. Sarojini Naidu Hall Of Residence. A female students B. Tech. Hall. Residents are called SNites.

• S.Q. - abbr., n. Summer Quater. A special course organized by IIT-KGP for students who fail to clear subjects in previous semesters, so that they need not repeat next year.

• S.R.I.C. - abbr., n. Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy

• S.T.E.P. - abbr., n. Science and Technology Entrepreneur's Park.

• Tam - n. Tamil. A Tamil-speaking person.

• T.D.S. - abbr., n. Technology Dance Society.

• Tech - pre., adj. Technology. An adjective used frequently with anything associated with IIT-KGP.

• T.F.P.S. - abbr., n. Technology Filmmaking & Photography Society.

• T.H.O.K. - abbr., n. Thick Heads Of KGP. A student of Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering Department.

• Tinku - n. An Egg-Poach-Burger. A specialty of Chhedis.
• TLE - adv. Individual's capacity is exceeded.
• T.L.S.H.Y. - abbr. n. Teri Life Sahi Hai Yaar (your life is awesome)

• Tumpa - abbr., n. Typically Uncivilized Midnaporean People's Association, or Tribal Uncivilized Midnaporean People's Association. People who belong to Midnapur district.

• T.S.G. - abbr., n. See Gymkhana.

• Tut. - n. Tutorials.

• T&P - abbr., n. The Training and Placement section. Now known as CDC.

• Uddu - n. An Oriya-speaking person.

• V.G.S. - abbr., n. Vishveshwaraiyya Guest House.

• V.G.S.O.M. - abbr., n. Vinod Gupta School Of Management.

• Vikramshila - n. One of the recently built academic complex to take over/compliment the role of Main Building.

• Volu - n. Volunteer.

• Vortex - n. A dance competition between different Halls organized by L.L.R. Hall.

• V.S. - abbr., n. Vidyasagar Hall Of Residence. An M. Tech. Hall.

• V.S.R.C. - abbr., n. Vikram Sarabhai Residential Complex. A residential complex for regular M.S. and Ph.D student as well as Assigned Project Scientists. Under S.R.I.C.

• W.T.M.S. - abbr., n. Western Technology Music Society.

• Z.H. - abbr., n, Zakir Hussain Hall Of Residence. A research scholar Hall.

Key

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1. abbr. - Abbreviation
2. adj. - Adjective
3. adv. - Adverb
4. excl. - Exclamation
5. n. - Noun
6. pre. - Prefix
7. suf. - Suffix
8. usu. - Usually
9. v.i. - Verb(intransitive)
10. v.t. - Verb(transitive)