Shashi Tharoor, senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009 will be celebrating his 65th birthday on March 9th 2021.
Whenever the former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations turned politician says or tweets something in English, all of India looks up for that word in the dictionaries or Google.
In 2019, Shashi Tharoor received the Sahitya Academy Award for his book An Era of Darkness in a non-fiction category in the English language. Tharoor is an acclaimed writer, having authored 19 bestselling works of fiction and non-fiction since 1981, which are centred on India and its history, culture, film, politics, society, foreign policy, and more related themes.
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Top 10 unique words by India’s favourite English professor, Shashi Tharoor
1.Convolution (noun)
Pronunciation: kɒnvəˈluːʃ(ə)n
Meaning: a thing that is complex and difficult.
2.Muliebrity (noun)
Pronunciation: myoo-lee-eb-ri-tee
Meaning: Womanly qualities; womanliness
3.Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (noun)
Pronunciation: hip‧po‧po‧to‧mon‧stro‧ses‧qui‧pe‧dal‧i‧o‧pho‧bi‧a
Meaning: The fear of long words.
4.Floccinaucinihilipilification (noun)
Pronunciation: floccī-naucī-nihilī-pilī-fication
Meaning: The action or habit of estimating something as worthless.
5.Lalochezia (noun)
Pronunciation: la-lO-‘chez-E-o
Meaning: Emotional relief gained by using indecent or vulgar language
6.Rodomontade (adjective)
Pronunciation: ro·do·mon·tade
Meaning: Boastful or inflated talk or behaviour
7.Kakistocracy (noun)
Pronunciation: kak·is·toc·ra·cy
Meaning: Government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.
8.Scripturient (adjective)
Pronunciation: skrip-‘tUr-E-ent
Meaning: Having a strong urge to write.
9.Parturient (adjective)
Pronunciation: par·tu·ri·ent
Meaning: (of a woman or female mammal) about to give birth; in labour.
10.Esurient (adjective)
Pronunciation: esu·ri·ent
Meaning: Hungry or greedy.
