MRW: My Reaction When

MIRL: Me In Real Life

NSFW: Not Safe For Work

NSFL: Not Safe For Life

PAW: Parents Are Watching

QFT: Quoted For Truth

SMH: Shaking My Head

TBT: Throwback Thursday

TIL: Today I Learned

TL;DR: Too Long; Didn’t Read

YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary

YOLO: You Only Live Once

AMA: Ask Me Anything

Bae: Babe / Before Anyone Else

DAE: Does Anyone Else?

DM: Direct Message

ELI5: Explain Like I’m 5

FTFY: Fixed That For You

Facepalm: Short for “Ugh, idiot.”

Headdesk: Supreme frustration

HIFW: How I Felt When

ICYMI: In Case You Missed It

IMO / IMHO: In My Opinion / In My Humble Opinion

IRL: In Real Life

JSYK: Just So You Know

MFW: My Face When

To learn more about slangs, read our blog 'History of Internet Slangs'

Aide-de-camp: सहायक सैनिक अधिकारी (a military officer assigned to act as personal assistant to a higher rank)

He also served as an aide-de-camp to General Satish Dua. (उसने जनरल सतीश दुआ के लिए एक सहायक सैनिक अधिकारी के रूप में भी कार्य किया।)

Modus operandi: कार्य-प्रणाली/ काम करने का विशेष ढंग (a typical way of doing something)

Every director has his own modus operandi. (हर निर्देशक की अपनी विशेष कार्य-प्रणाली होती है।)

Nota bene (Abbr. NB): ध्यान दीजिए (note well after observing carefully)

Dear readers, nota bene this post has footnotes. (प्रिय पाठकों, ध्यान दीजिए इस नोट का फुटनोट (पाद टिप्पणी) भी है।)

Nouveau riche:  कल के नवाब जैसा/ नया नया धनवान व्यक्ति/ धनी नौबढ़ (people who have recently become wealthy; newly rich)

The nouveau riche have to find a way of being accepted. (नए नए धनवान व्यक्तियों को स्वीकार किये जाने के लिए तरीके खोजने पड़ेंगे।)

Nouvelle cuisine:  आधुनिक पाक शैली (a modern style of cooking from France)

Nouvelle cuisine emphasizes on the presentation of the dishes. (आधुनिक पाक शैली व्यंजन की प्रस्तुति पर ज़ोर देती है।)

To learn some more phrases, click here to read our blog 'Foreign Words and Phrases Used in Everyday English-2'

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

प्रसन्नता पहले से निर्मित कोई चीज नहीं है। ये आप ही के कर्मों से आती है।
                                                     
- Dalai Lama

BOGUS – Possibly taken from word “boko-boko” meaning fake or fraudulent (नकली/ बनावटी)

BONGO – Basically a West African word “boungu” (बोंगो)

CHIGGER – possibly from “jiga” meaning insect (कीड़ा)

CHIMPANZEE – चिम्पैन्ज़ी  (possibly derived from a Tshiluba language term "kivili-chimpenze")

BANANA – केला

BOZO – stupid (मूर्ख)

BOOGIE – to dance (नृत्य करना)

COLA – कोला- flavor किया हुआ soda drink.

JAZZ –  जैज़- संगीत का एक प्रकार।

JIVE – Comes from the word ‘jev’ (थिरकना)

To learn more, click to read our blog 'Foreign Words and Phrases Used in Everyday English-1'