uttam maharjan's definitions

tump

To carry a pack by means of a tumpline.

The village girls are tumping baskets of grass.

by uttam maharjan January 2, 2012

exprentice

to expel somebody from his or her apprenticeship.

The boy could not learn well while learning the work of a turner and so he was exprenticed before the end of the apprenticeship contract.

by uttam maharjan June 14, 2011

alterologist

a person who alters the form of words to create new words. Changing 'how do you do (an expression used to greet somebody)' to 'howdy (used as a noun to mean a greeting)' is an alterological act.

All alterologists are neologists but not all neologists are alterologists.

by uttam maharjan August 24, 2010

chaosology

a belief in deep thoughts or ideas that could be true but that may be beyond the ken of others.

I am a firm believer in chaosology; I think of those things that may be amazing if fully materialized but that mean nothing to others. Thinking about a machine that can cure diseases by restoring diseased parts to normality without medication or surgery is a case in point.

by uttam maharjan October 28, 2010

otherway

another term for otherwise.

I can do it otherway also.

by uttam maharjan December 27, 2010

birthyear

the year in which one is born.

The year 1964 AD is my birthyear.

by uttam maharjan August 23, 2012

double-overtake

to overtake a vehicle that is overtaking some other vehicle; to overtake an overtaking vehicle.

Do not double-overtake that vehicle; it is perilous.

by uttam maharjan December 1, 2010