This blog is for those people who want to enhance the rate of grasping new words and enriching their vocabulary. Anyone who wants to practice vocabulary and submit their stories can add a comment to the welcome post . After receiving substantial number of stories the best stories will be included in a print version ( this is your chance to appear in a bookstore)! Happy Story-time!

Monday, May 31, 2010

Raj Thookre's Tyranny and Rahool Gandhi's fight for Justice!

 This is a story of ‘Raj Thookre’ a chauvinist who supported many movements to kill people who came in his state ‘mahanrashtra’ for job. The police of his state was in deep slumber and paid no attention to his crimes. A young inconspicuous lad named ‘Rahool Gandhi’ thought to fight with this evil man. Raj thought that he was omniscient and no one can defeat him, he lunged at anyone who ever tried to come close to him.

 'Thook're is an euphemistic Surname that I have decided to give to this idiotic buffoon (Yes,I am intending to be sarcastic this time). Rahool always had a great fervour towards the unity of his country ‘India’. In his academia he studied how rich the diversity of India was in early times and how it was being destroyed now by some sycophants like ‘Raj,’ who try to win over some people of their state while threatening outsiders.

 Raj had many more bad habits too! - He enjoyed voyeurism and he would peep into the bathrooms of his neighbors. He was a culprit of plagiarism too because he copied articles from a site known as ‘The Word Story’ and presented as his own work in his magazine ‘Amna-Samna’.

 Now Rahool was studying in ‘mahanrashtra’ for pursuing MBA. He interacted with every colleague in his dormitory to lash out against Raj. They launched a vehement motion against Raj Thookre. Rahool and his friends thought that now they will not give Raj a chance to flout social norms and inflict harm upon amicable well being of the society. As they were moving towards Raj’s house, more people joined them. The crowd had a diversity varying from senior citizens to pubescent teens.

 Seeing the crowd the courage of Raj fizzled and ultimately he was battered by the angry mob. After a month a new peace policy was made for mahanrashtra and all parties of the state ratified it by concurring with its terms and conditions. According to the peace policy any person who is a threat to the harmony of the state will be ousted from the state and moved to the Tihar Jail.

Note: The word euphemistic might not be blending to well in the given context, I used it just because I wanted to expend my given word list. An Example actual usage of 'euphemistic' can be that people can be called as chubby instead of fat in order to not to hurt them.

Meaning of Words Used:
chauvinist : A person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
slumber : A dormant or quiescent state
inconspicuous : Not prominent or readily noticeable
omniscient : Infinitely wise
lunged : Make a thrusting forward movement
euphemistic : Substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one
buffoon : A rude or vulgar fool
fervour : The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
academia : The academic world
sycophants : A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
voyeurism : A perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behaviour
plagiarism : A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
dormitory : A college or university building containing living quarters for students
lash : Aggressively challenge in speech or writing
vehement : Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
flout : Treat with contemptuous disregard
inflict : Make (someone) do something unpleasant
amicable : Characterized by friendship and good will
pubescent : (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature
fizzled : End weakly
battered : Damaged by blows or hard usage
mob : A disorderly crowd of people
ratified : Formally approved and invested with legal authority
concurring : Being of the same opinion
harmony : Compatibility in opinion and action
ousted : Remove from a position or office
euphemistic : Substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one

Salman's Walking Problem And Daruwala's Cure!

 This is a story of a narcoleptic patient ‘Salman’ A.K.A. ‘sallu mian’ who suffered from walking while dreaming. He watched the sitcoms like ‘friends’ on TV and he got hallucination attacks arising from them. The Etymology of ‘hallucination’ states that this word was discovered about 500 years ago when Alexander the great got ‘hallucinations’ about conquering the whole world. When sallu mian once kissed a girl named ‘Kat’ in his noctambulation then the police mentioned a caveat in writing to him ‘stay away from alcohol or be arrested next time’. This mention by the police in writing held a legal decree too!

 Now Salman was very afraid, he wondered what would he do if any girl deliberately got close to him while he was asleep as he had a verve personality. He thought for a while and then put on a pair of sneakers and decided to go for a walk. As he was about to move out of the room a promiscuous lady who was clad in minimal clothing stopped him, she was Ms. Bipasha. Salman said to Bipasha that she is because of whom he has got such a fearful life but Bipasha impugned him and said it is not her but ‘Aish’ who has made his life a hell. Salman cried and said that his life is just like an animal living in some vivarium! Bipasha hugged Sallu and said that she has full empathy with him and that his aversion from other beings is very much understandable.

 Bipasha suggested Sallu to go to a psychiatrist to cure his feelings of abomination and sleeping disorders. Now they went to a psychiatrist Mr. Daruwala who was a vanguard in medical science due to his research and findings. Bipasha warned Salman not to keep any prejudice against Mr. Daruwala because of his looks of a drunkard and instead pay full attention to him. When they knocked at Daruwala’s house a concierge took care of them and made them sit on a sofa. There was a beautiful painting on the wall that showed a path paved with golden curbstones.

 As Sallu was getting amused by the painting, Mr. Daruwala came and straddled on a little chair with his legs astride the chair. Sallu pleaded Daruwala for an infallible medicine to cure his problem. Daruwala gave a medicine to him and said that for first few days of taking the medicine he will have ghastly looks because little amount of blood will come out of his nose and ears and eventually the wounds will heal itself with his other problems. Hoping that things would ameliorate and his situation would improve after taking the medicine, sallu bid goodbye to Mr. Daruwala.


Meaning of words used:
narcolepsy : A sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep
sitcoms : A humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life
hallucination : Illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
Etymology : A history of a word
noctambulation : Walking by a person who is asleep
caveat : A warning against certain acts
decree : (law) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
verve : An energetic style
sneakers : A canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole
promiscuous : Casual and unrestrained in sexual behaviour
clad : Wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
impugned : Attack as false or wrong
vivarium : An indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions
empathy : Understanding and entering into another's feelings
aversion : A feeling of intense dislike
psychiatrist : A physician who specializes in psychiatry
abomination : Hate coupled with disgust
vanguard : The position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
prejudice : An adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand without good justification
concierge : A French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
curbstones : A paving stone forming part of a curb
straddled : Sit or stand astride of
astride : With the legs stretched far apart
infallible : Incapable of failure or error
ghastly : Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
ameliorate :Get better


Monday, May 24, 2010

Compendium of 3 Idiots

Following nice little Compendium of "3 Idiots" has been submitted by Sahil:



Trepidation can engender snare for our own life. It's better to obliterate it outright because DAR KE AAGE HI JEET HAI ( winning comes after cutting through fear! ).


We may opt career according to penchants of others. It may be lousy for us because of no alacrity of our in it. Thus, our life may be smashed into smithereens. So, it's better to LISTEN TO YOUR OWN HEART.


We may be smouldered internally because of multitudes of apprehensions. This pandemonium of our psyche may have oodles of reasons like smirk of others or we may be snubbed. It's better to relish each jiffy of our life and think ALL IS WELL!

The Fight of Osama, Gilani, Bush and the Puppet guy!

 India once thought to expedite the peace process with Pakistan, So requested Pakistan to put a stop to the intermittent firing and insinuate it’s problems before India. As Dr. Manmohan Singh was about to have a talk with Mr. Gilani, Mr. Osama came in the conference room and caught Mr. Gilani by the nape. He thundered at him and said “if you will try to make peace with India then I will not resist to immolate you!”

 Mr. Singh thought that why the hell Mr. Osama has come in the conference room in such an obtrusive way and why he was showing how nincompoop he was! Just as he was thinking Mr. Bush also entered and spitted fire at Mr. Gilani, he accused Gilani of embezzlement of funds to fight against terror which instead he used against India. Bush said to Gilani that if he kills Osama he will get amnesty for his acts. Just as Gilani heard it he thought it is a good chance to get scot free and then he veered towards Osama.

 As Osama heard this he peed in his pants as if suffering from incontinence! Mr. Gilani Roared at Osama and said “count your rosary for the last time because I am about to kill you and will hang you on the crucifix”, Osama replied that he eats veal everyday and he is strong enough to fight all of them. As this commotion was going on, a sortie by the Indian Air Force started bombing that place. Mr. Singh thought that his henchmen has arrived so he flew from the scene. This incendiary Mr. Manmohan thought would free the world from terror altogether. A bullet hit Osama and he lurched for a shelter.

 As the ammunition was expended, silence prevailed over that place. Later it came to be known that Mr. Singh had stepped on a landmine planted outside the door by Mr. Gilani and he also died in that incident; he was awarded a posthumous gallantry prize by India. A media channel ‘India TV’ tried to impeach the act done by the Indian Government and presented the live video footage (of the massacre) as a Smoking Gun. The government reacted vehemently to the news channel and turned fervid and replied that the people who were promoting terror were the one’s who were wiped out.


The word which I failed to fit in from my word list is: ‘flag officer



Tip: To search for the meaning of any word just type “define: word” and google it, for example “define: vehement”; it will directly show the meaning’s associated with that word!

Sunday, May 23, 2010

The Rakhi Sawant's Kissing Case

 
There was a benevolent old lawyer in Delhi (Mr. Bhatia) who was eulogized by his poor clients for fighting the cases without taking any fee. He was quite noetic too as he won majority of his cases, he even fought and won the case for the prime minister of India circa 1965. Whenever he won any major case all his poor clients used to come down to his house and display their uninhibited exuberance.

But the genial lawyer was oblivious to predicament he would land in days to come. His plight was being planned by one person (Ms. Rakhi Sawant) whose case he had lost a year ago. As Rakhi Sawant could not be absolved for a kissing case, her alchemy grew sour with Mr. Bhatia. She was quite cynical and thought that the lawyer had lost the case deliberately and hence was the perpetrator for her defeat.

She was making a buffoon of herself by taking the case of her fight against Mr. Bhatia from lawyer to lawyer; finally Mr. Arora agreed to fight the case for her. Mr. Arora was a believer of austerity and asceticism and believed to work for others without keeping in mind of getting any return.

May 22 the hearing of the case Rakhi vs Bhatia came. The judge pronounced the case in favour of Mr. Bhatia which sounded abominable to the ears of Ms. Sawant who was in utter anguish and consternation landed upon her. She was looking quite incongruous as she was trying to resist the police personnel who were trying to arrest her. She was given a preposterous punishment of kissing every prisoner of every jail in India for the next 5 years. Later that day there was a party in Mr. Bhatia’s house, Mr. Arora was proposing a toast to Mr. Bhatia; it came out that both of them were childhood friends, Mr. Arora sacrificed once again and Mr. Bhatia won again!

Hope you people liked the story, keep the comment coming so that we may know that you people are liking the word story funda! The word that I failed to fit in the story out of my word list is: educatees.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Welcome Post : About The Word Story

Many a times we feel the urge to learn new and difficult words for constructing a path to a strong vocab. This blog is a step to do the same in a creative manner, where we people can contribute our short stories made by different english words. It will make it more of a fun process rather than the dull gloomy newspaper reading monotonous job. So if you want to share your creative stories just add a comment to this post asking to become a co-author of this blog and hence grow by sharing knowledge.

A tip, Just to help you out how to do it in a simple manner:
1: You people can search, download and install a software known as WordWeb ( it's free!) .
2: Whenever you surf online casually or read offline matter and get to a difficult word just double click the word and press ctrl+alt+w (this will give the meaning of that word)
3: Add the word to the WordWeb bookmarks, this will make up a list of words you have come across.
4: When substantial amount of words get added (20+) then make up a small story with those words and submit it here and you'll find it really easier to remember those words.
5: Before any exam or just to rejuvenate memories simply go through the stories and you will have an impeccable word power!

Even if you have not installed WordWeb but only remember some difficult words then simply make the story. Do remember that it's perfectly fine if you are not really having a stronghold with the grammar, we all are here to improve. If you think anyone has made a mistake by wrong usage of any word then simply add a comment to that story post in an euphemized way. Have Fun! :)

Tip: In case anyone of you wants your vocab story to be published but don't want to make a blogger account, just post your story as a comment to this post and I will edit it and post it as a blog post.