Lingos in IIT Delhi

Welcome to my 2nd blog

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So I have been studying at IIT Delhi for one year. And I have experienced a lot and learned many different words which often came through a conversation with someone.

So here are some of them:

1. Fachcha/Fachchi: these words are used for freshers(first-year students)
2. Prof: it is used for a professor.
3. Tut: abbreviation for tutorial. A practice question sheet, given by professors. Topic-wise generally.
4. Banda/Bandi: these two are simple Hindi words, in IIT Delhi, these two words keep a deep meaning. Banda is used for boyfriend as well as Bandi for girlfriend. (as you know it is a rare thing to have a Bandi in IITs.)
5. Disco: a short form of Disciplinary committee. A meeting holds to take actions whenever someone breaks the college rules or does something which should not be done according to professors.
6. Satti: it is used for grade ‘7’ in a course or semester. Chauki, Panji, Chhakki, atthi, nahli and dassi are also used for 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 grade respectively. But satti is more comment word. If someone says “ meri satti nhi hai” or “satti thuk gyi,” it means he couldn’t score 7 grade. Satti is popular among these because for any post of representative, secretary or coordinator; you need to have a CG of more than seven.
7. Hukka: used for humanities courses. One has to complete 15 credits of these courses in 4 years.
8. Funda(e): pieces of advice given by seniors to their junior students.
9. DepC: short form of ‘department change.’ If one gets good CG after the 1st year than college allows him/her to change his/her branch. But it is a challenging task.
10. Machana: a verb which is used when someone has done praisable or extraordinary work.
11. Chill hai: most common sentence said by every student. It means “Everything is okay.”
12. Thukna: a verb which is used when someone is performed miserably in a course that might affect his/her final grades.
13. Rep: abbreviations for representative. Each club has one (or two) rep from each hostel representing their hostels.
14. Matka: noun which is used for any student pursuing post-graduation from IITD.
15. Stud/Machau: is used for those who do a quite good performance in both acads and non-acads alike. A few people are there who are in this category, and everyone wants to be stud/Machau. (In Hindi you can relate word Machau with the person jo machata hai, look at point no. 10)
16. Insti: abbreviations for institute. Most commonly used to the institute area.
17. GPL: full form of GPL is “g***d pe laat.” The first gift to a birthday boy by his friends. If you stay at your hostel on your birthday, then you will definitely get the taste of GPL.
18. WindT: one of the most popular areas in insti. You can hang out here with your friends after lectures. Full form is Wind Tunnel.
19. Secy: abbreviations for Secretary. Each club has one secy who is responsible for the execution of all club activities.
20. Hagna: it is a verb. You will hear students talking like “Yaar aaj to viva me hag diya” (if someone screwed the viva) or “ yaar tune to stage pe jate hi hag diya” (if someone is looking very uncomfortable at the stage). It can be used in such a situation when you believe that you have messed it up badly or done something really foolish.
21. Junta: refers to a group.
22. BT: abbreviations for Bad Trip. When something does not happen as per your expectations or when your planning is excellent, but it cannot occur.
23. Convo: abbreviations for convocation.
24. coordi: abbreviations for coordinator.