17 definitions by setSuna

NRI

Non-resident Indian.

Banks like to cater to NRIs by offering ways for them to send money to their families in India.

by setSuna September 15, 2004

bebop

1. An early form of modern jazz.
2. The name of Spike and crew's spaceship in Cowboy Bebop (an anime).
3. The name of one of Shredder's henchmen (the mutant boar) in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon (1980s) and anime (1996).

Bop and bebop are the same kind of music.

Bebop: I'm glad they didn't use that brain switcher thing on Rocksteady and me.
Shredder: Don't worry, you can't switch something that isn't there.

by setSuna September 15, 2004

Namaste

"Hello" and "goodbye" in India. Like "aloha," but said while clasping both hands (like in prayer, I guess) in front of you.

A slightly more formal variant is "namaskar."

Going in: "Namaste."
Going out: "Namaste."

by setSuna September 15, 2004