After ‘Farrago’, Shashi Tharoor Gifts Us Another Word And The Internet Is Taking Notes

It is no news that Shashi Tharoor is a politician with great oratorical skills. With a vocabulary as good as a dictionary, the eloquence he speaks with has often favourited him amongst the takers and makers of lit fests.

While he has never been the one to be held for his words, today is a different day! Actually, scratch that; Today is just like that day. Yes, the same day where the man of the hour decided to drop a few words from his shabdmala (read: ‘Exasperating farrago of distortions…’) and take us by surprise.

 

Without much ado, Shashi Tharoor just gifted us another word from the woods and it is bound to raise your brows. He tweeted saying, 

New Hinglish 21st century dictionary:
*Webaqoof*: "one who believes every claim or allegation on the internet & social media must be true"

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 25, 2017

*Webaqoof*

 

Before you judge, turns out Hinglish is far more evolved than we think it to be. 

"A *_Webaqoof_* one of the upcoming Urban Dictionary word. pic.twitter.com/e3WZZoDMQP

— Simmi Ahuja (@SimmiAhuja_) July 25, 2017

 

And now, unsurprisingly, Twitter has a lot of things to say. 

1. Must be learning from his ‘Thesaurus’!

https://twitter.com/verysakshi/status/889749915831631872

 

2. ‘The nation wants to know’

Good one ! But Are we suppose to believe in this ?? pic.twitter.com/QHV0k4k2nP

— JV (@vyasjigs) July 25, 2017

 

3. Yes, that.

Every "claimagation" on "Netsomedia" is indeed true unless proved otherwise, same as I am "Webaqoof" unless proved otherwise.

— BharatBaba (@umermaji) July 25, 2017

 

4. Please?

Can we have similar coinage for those who attend WhatsApp schools with total dedication?

— The Ministry of Frustration (@sabathenomad) July 25, 2017

 

5. SRK has competition now.

Mr Shashi Tharoor ji is the new name of wit on the twitter

— Anshuman Sail (@AnshumanSail) July 25, 2017

 

6. Now, is it?

A tight slap on trolls 😂😂

— Jayasree Vijayan (@JayasreeVijayan) July 25, 2017

 

7. Get it? Get it?!

https://twitter.com/rsgaharwars/status/889750323711033344

 

8. DITTO

I need to meet to take english tution. Please help me where can I meet you

— Chand Tiwari (@chandtiwari) July 25, 2017

 

9. Always a fan of good puns!

https://twitter.com/MehtabRaahi/status/889754689495068673

 

10. Ummm…

You are one of them Wefakoof.

— ਗਗਨ ਜੋਤੀ ਸ਼ਰਮਾ,Gaganjyoti Sharma (@ac641dccf4b9431) July 25, 2017

Well, all I can say is, thank you for the insight, Mr. Tharoor. Today, Twitter, is a lot more than a pit of rage and hate and it’s all because of you. Please keep enlightening us!

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