Most overused phrases among desis

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What could be those? I am mostly interested in Urdu words/phrases.

Some that I recall:

  • Tsk tsk (the urdu version)
  • Tauba Tauba
  • Acha
  • Hain
  • Theek thaak
  • Buss
  • Uff (love this one)
  • Oh ho
  • Haw hai
  • Chalo jee

Among guppies:

  • I wub you/he/she/it
  • Omigod
  • Don’t generalize
  • sammiches
  • Can I see this lengha from left/right/up/down
  • halal/haram
  • Can I get the recipe for…
  • Gora this, gora that
  • West this, west that
  • Marriage this, marriage that
  • MIL/SIL/IL/FIL

Add more, I have missed many.

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bongiyan

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Desi.

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I feel like you two are implying that my bongiyan are just typical desi talk. :frowning:

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Uff, I wub you! Tauba tauba, haram ain’t I! :blush: Chalo jee, go make me a sammich now. Buss make sure t’is halal, acha?

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you are hawt

(This is not for you Conti baby. This is what guppans say, even to most bongiest looking guppan)

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Haw hai, omigod.

This is not for you TLK. Its for BBQ!

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LOL @ bongiest looking guppan! :hehe: You’re so mean!

Okay here’s another one, Contrarian… mA! Irks me just a little tiny bit.

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Boss you are hawt… put more meskara on …

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You mean "mess"kara?

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Literally is also butchered by desis and non-desis alike… even when it doesn’t make sense.

“I *literally *froze to death!”… er no you didn’t.

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The ones that are like nails on a chalkboard in my world:

basically
dear
babes

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Daffa ho :mad:

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My family in Pakistan has a penchant for “literally” and most of all “only”.

“We were just there only” :hehe:

Also <3 the word “na” hai na :wink:

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Maybe he meant muskara. I guess he wants me to smile more.

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What about yaar??!! Maybe not here on GS but when speaking in urdu..

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U know what i mean? : No I don’t

One of my friend… : Starts almost every sentence with this acting like they have super social life while in real they are lone rangers.

Aur Sunaoo : so that means we do not have anything to talk?

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Yaar
Oye

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Fitaay mooo

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As such