ABC of Punjabis

A is for Adjust, Punjabis will always ask you to adjust whenever they want to push you around.

B is for Backside, and it has nothing to do with your bum, it is an instruction to go to the rear of a building, or block, or shop or whatever.

C is for Cloney and its first name is not George nor is it a process for replicating sheep, it is an area where people live eg. Defence cloney.

D is for Dilliwalas staying in Defence Cloney.

E is for expanditure, and believe me Punjabis are not scared of spending money, the latest cars, marble floors, their ambitions are always expanding.

F is for fackade, and even though it sounds like a bad word it is actually just the front of a building (with backside being the back of building of course).

G is for Gaddi and the way a Punjabi can pilot a car puts any F1driver to shame, if the Grand Prix does come to Delhi there's no way Hamilton, Alonso or Kimi can overtake Balvinder, Jasvinder and Sukhvinder.

H is for Ho Jayega, the moment you hear that, you have to be very careful because you can be reasonably sure its not going to happen.

I is for Intezaar, to know more about it see P.

J is for Jindagi and if there's one person who knows how to live life to the full it's a Punjabi.

K is for Khurana, etc. The Punjabi equivalent of the Jonses i.e., keeping up with the Khuranas.

L is for Lovely but she never is.

M is for Mrooti. The car that moved an entire Punjabi generation.

N is for No problem ji - to find out how that works see H.

O is for Oye which can be surprise (oyye!), a hailing (oyy!), anger (OYY) or pain (Oy Oy Oy).

P is for Panj mint and no matter how near (1 km) or far a Punjabi is from you (100 km) they usually say they'll reach you in panj mint.

Q is for Queue (quow)for which there's really no word in Punjabi.

R is for Riksha, and a Punjabi is always prepared to take one, even if the odds are against them.

S is for Sweetie, Bunty, Pappu and Sonu who seem to own half the cars in Delhi. Just see the rear windscreen.

T is for the official bird of Punjab - Tandoori chicken.

U is for when U lose your sex appeal and become Uncle ji.

V is for VIP phone numbers @ Rs 15 lakh and counting.

W is War on the roads.

X is x-rated words they flow freely in casual conversations on the street.

Y is 'You nonsense!', anger replacing vocabulary in a shouting match.

Z is for Zig-zag for which you should see G, M and P.