The Oxford’s Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines Bamboo™ as: tall plant of grass family with hard hollow jointed stems that are used for making canes, furniture, etc.
The HLG Indians™ Ignoramus Compendium of Words has defined the word Bamboo™ as: something inevitable that becomes a pain in the arse in the future if it is kept on procrastinated. Bamboo as a word can also be used as a vulgar slang (which it is generally saved for), to signify a large and long piece of wooden pole be stuffed up one’s arse. Usage: Bamboo™ Dalna, Bamboo™ Chadana, Bamboo™ Gaadna, Bamboo Maarna, etc.
But, if I have learnt something from my internships, there are a lot of things that I have learnt just by going to the courts. People use this word to signify a lot of things and they use it in their own customized manner. Bamboo can well be used as Bambaa or something akin to that. It has also been my observation that word Bamboo™ is generally used with another word from Hindi i.e. G@n&.
Bamboo™ has become an essential part of our lives while living in the hostels. Late-night Bamboos as they are dubbed are the catcalls which the guys generally resort to whenever they are frustrated (general indications on the eve of examinations or tests). Sometimes, they get so high (for no reason at all), that they think that shouting out ‘Bamboo™ - Bamboo™’ at the dead of the night and waking up the neighbourhood would be a good idea.
The HLGang™ has already formed its own Heavy Metal Band by the name of Bamboollica™. Watch out for the next album hitting the stores soon – St. Bamboo™.
The songs featured in this album are:-
- Die Die My Bamboo™
- Seek and Bamboo™
- And Bamboo™ for all
- Bamboonomy
- Creeping Bamboo™
- Bamboo™ Inc
- Disposable Bamboos™
- Fight Bamboo™ with Bamboo™
- Harvester of Bamboo™
- Hit the Bamboos™
- King Bamboo™
- Bamboo™ Messiah
- Bamboo™ Nothing
- Bamboobreath
- Bambooes™ Don’t Matter
- Of Bamboo™ and Man
- Ride the Bamboo™
- Some Kind of Bamboo™
- St. Bamboo – the all-time hit single
- Stone Cold Bamboo™
- The Call of Bamboo™
- The Bamboo™ Remains
- The Shortest Bamboo™
- The Bamboo™ Within
- Bamboo’s™ Gone
- Wherever I may Bamboo™
More about Bamboogiri to come… Wait up…