(India, Mumbai, slang) A street-smart dealer, often associated with a flashy style.
(India, Mumbai, slang) A street-smart dealer, often associated with a flashy style.
The tapori sold me 'Ray-Bans' for ₹200.
"tapori" means: A street-smart dealer, often associated with a flashy style.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"tapori" means: A street-smart dealer, often associated with a flashy style.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
"tapori" means: A street-smart dealer, often associated with a flashy style.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
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(North India, Pakistan, internet slang, derogatory) A South Asian person, usually of lower-class background, who tries to copy modern fashion trends.
(slang) Crazy, eccentric.
(Scotland, Northern Ireland, jocular, chiefly of men) topless in warm weather.
(colloquial, now, _, rare) A drunkard, one who drinks alcohol frequently.
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Style, swagger, flair, attitude — the visible confidence of someone who knows they look good. From Punjabi/Hindi टशन, popularised across India by the 2008 Yash Raj Films movie of the same name and by Punjabi music. Used in fashion talk ("that outfit has tashan"), in Bollywood reviews and in everyday compliments about someone's walk, dress sense or vibe. Carries a slightly aspirational, slightly cocky edge — tashan is style with deliberate intent, not accidental cool. Most common in North Indian and Punjabi-speaking circles but recognised across South Asian English thanks to films and music videos.