Saturday, January 10, 2009

Interesting Fact

An interesting fact:


Did u know that?
"Bangalored" is a adjective which recently got added in the dictionary.

A person is said to be bangalored if he lost his job because the work got
outsourced to Bangalore or any other city in India (Asia) .


"He got bangalored last week" is an exa mp le of its usage.

U can also type this word "bangalored" in Google search n see. (Or
www.dictionary.com)

Lot of people in US got bangalored that it became an issue during the US
Presidential election. That ' s exactly when this word was coined.



I searched for this word on ‘dictionary.com’ an here is the result:




when I searched in dictionary.com.. I got this

bangalored - 1 dictionary result


Main Entry:

bangalored

Part of Speech:

adj

Definition:

laid off due to outsourcing, esp. outsourcing to India or other parts of Asia

Example:

Most of the department was bangalored--their jobs have moved to India.

Etymology:

fr Bangalore's reputation as a high-tech city

Usage:

slang

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