The facebook equivalent in India is Orkut. A regular surfing of the networking site is popularly know as orkutting.
by Badrish June 26, 2007
Google's social network ruled by Brazilians. In fact, half of Brazil's internet usage is because of orkut.
Joao: Hey Maria, what are you going to do tonight ?
Maria: Well, I'm going to watch the eight o'clock novela, and then upload a shitload of new pictures to orkut and try to boost my virtual ego a little.
Maria: Well, I'm going to watch the eight o'clock novela, and then upload a shitload of new pictures to orkut and try to boost my virtual ego a little.
by Juca Capotão February 11, 2008
The name of a dubiously popular friendster-like service being funded by Google. While its purpose for existance isn't exactly known, it can be certain it involves a gradual takeover of our minds to weaken us only to make the eventual rule of our future zombie-overlords that much easier to accomplish.
by jsb February 21, 2004
orkut is an Internet social network service run by Google and named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten. It claims to be designed to help users meet new friends and maintain existing relationships. Similar to Friendster and MySpace, orkut goes a step further by permitting the creation of easy-to-setup simple forums (called "communities") of users. Until recently, orkut was invitation only, but it now permits users to create accounts without an invitation.
by Ramtin November 14, 2006
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by vasily July 19, 2004