Saturday, September 11, 2010

P-4

Patine - layer on bronze
Usage - The tools acquired a slight brown patina over time.
Link - sounds like Patila(a utensil made of copper) gets rusted and a green layer called patina is formed on it...

Patois - a regional dialect of a language
Usage - The poems were written in Jamaican patois.
Link - sounds like patai(to impress a girl)... usne kudi patai using punjabi patois...

Patrician - a person from highest social class
Usage - Having married a patrician, she gained a lot of prestige and respect.
Link - consider ST PATRICK'S SCHOOL those who study in that school are noble...
Link2 - sounds like patri(street)...from patri to patrician...he did a lot of hard work..
Pauper - very poor person
Usage - His losses at gambling reduced him to a pauper. 
Link - Person jisko "pao"(bread...remeber pao bhaji) "per" jina padata hai use poor person kehte hai....

Peccadillo -  small crime, offense or fault
Usage - Spending too much money is one his peccadilloes.
Link -  "pecc" (actually, pecado) refers to "mistake" as in impeccable. pecking others etc., So, peccadillo means small mistake....
Link2 - sounds like pee kar dil lo....peekar(after drinking) girls se keh re ho ki dildo lo....is peccadillo...
Pedant - fussy teacher, scholar who overemphasizes book learningUsage - Our teacher was such a pedant that we lost interest in her classes very soon. 
Link - sounds like peeda(pain)...lot of peeda when he teaches us in a pedantic style...
Peer - one who has equal standing with another, nobleman
Usage - He always considered Obama to be his peer.
Link - sounds like beer....always drink a beer with a person of your status....

Peevish - bad tempered
Usage - She seemed rather peevish and distracted today. 
Link - sounds like pee+wish...while doing it...if your partner pees(urinate) on you will become peevish....
Link2 - sounds like pee+vish( pee means asking forcibly to drink,,, n vish is poison) so irritating easily....

Pejorative - derogatory, disapproving, (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value
Usage - "Nigger" is a pejorative word for a black person.
Link - sounds like majority...."majority" wala group doosre group ka effect khatam kar deta hai...causing a belittling effect....

Pell-mell - very quickly and in an uncontrolled way
Usage - The kids were running pell-mell up the stairs. 
Link - sounds like "pehle main pehle main".....children screamed and rushed pell-mell when hrithik roshan came to meet them....

Penance - self imposed punishment for sin done earlier
Usage - He decided to fast for ten days as penance for fighting.
Link -  sounds like 'pain on us' what we take as a punishment on ourself for our sins....

Penitent - feeling sorry for doing something wrong
Usage - The penitent prayed silently in the church. 
Link -  inside a tent if you do some thing wrong with a girl by giving penni(money) you will repent it later...

Pensive - thinking deeply about something esp because you are sad and worried
Usage - The pensive look in his eyes melted my heart.
Link - pensive mood when expensive mobile was lost...
Link2 - With a pen in your mouth, you are always indulged in some kind of thought....

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