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June 09, 2005

Vishy's Indian English Dictionary: ragging

ragging. /RAG·ing/. Rhymes with flagging. A series of rituals performed by new members of a social group to gain familiarity and respect with the members and customs of the group. In the U.S., ragging is known as hazing. Ragging used to be the rage in many colleges in India. New students would occasionally get assigned over the top tasks, sometimes with grotesque results. However, in recent years, there has been a major crackdown on ragging, with some major institutions finding even minor ragging to be an offense under a zero-tolerance policy.

A typical exchange might use the word ragging as follows:

"Dude, I knew college was going to be a challenging place, but today I got ragged pretty badly."
"Did you have to wash a senior's underwear?"
"No, I was forced to teach differentiation fundas to a really ugly girl who obviously seemed to have the hots for me. By the end, I was almost throwing up the butter chicken parcel I had for lunch."
"That sounds majorly traumatic dude. I bet the seniors were sniggering at your plight in the distance."
"Dude, I am so traumatized, it looks like I have to prepone my trip home. I am leaving tonight only. My bags are already in my dicky."

[Major bonus points to observant readers for understanding the above conversation *completely*. All seemingly unfamiliar words have been covered before in this blog.]

P.S.: There has been a reorganization of posting categories in this blog, based on the types of content I found myself posting. Some categories have been removed and others have been refactored into more specialized ones. I hope the reorganization has no adverse effects on my bustling *cough* community of three readers.

Posted by Vishy at June 9, 2005 11:04 PM

Comments

Posted by: Stop Ragging Campaign at June 10, 2005 05:11 PM

Posted by: Peter at July 20, 2005 03:22 PM