ubayokyu!

whenever shalini and me have a witty discussion-cum-word-war - her last resort is to throw unfamiliar and often extraneous malyalam words! this sure leaves me stumped :D
she gets ready at some 6 in the morning for office, when i am still sleeping..(or atleast it "looks" like 6 since 8 is too early to wake up for any normal human being)..and at that insane hour,my fighting powers are also a lil debilitated..so she racks me quite easily! :-D

the word for yesterday was - 'ubayokyu' - hell!!

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shal(while getting ready): ...yeah i spoke to him last week...
me(covering ma head with the blanket) : god! can we please NOT mention him right in the morning?
shal : nee avane ubayokichu!!
me(rubbing ma eyes) : what??
shal : NEE AVANE UBAYOKICHU!!!
me : dont say 'shit' in 'malyalam'!! err.. redundant statement!!
shal(defensive mode): excuse me? its any day better than ur shitty hindi!
me : huh? one - i dont speak in hindi with you! two - i dont believe in racism of any sort!
shal : but you do believe in torturing people. dont you??
me : good lords! dont tell me you are talking abt that 'bitter gourd' curry again??
shal : YES I AM!! it was sheer torture!!


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[FLASHBACK]

One evening, when Shalini comes back home, I open the door with a big smile.
[/me looks happy for some reason! ]

me(smiling) : hey! how was the day?
shal : yeah.. hectic as usual! how abt yers..
me(grinning) : hehe..
shal(suspicious look) : eh? you upto something?
me(excited) : you know what i made for dinner today??
shal: what?
me : bitter gourd curry!!!! :)
shal : w0000000000ttt!!!! YUCK!! I WILL NOT EAT IT!
me : arrey! i know you dont like it and all..but you must give everything a chance!! please!
shal : a chance?? my ass!! i will die of hunger, but not touch bitter gourd!
me : you cannot deny it! its a vegetable - God created it - its for a purpose! and you cannot defy nature's rules and intentions!!!
shal(pouting) : yeah right! God created my tongue also!! and the taste buds on it refuse to like it!! Fine?
me(philosophical mode) : oh c'mon! Look at it this way - besides being an exceptional nutritious vegetable it also re-iterates the fact that not everything in life is sweet and rosy!
shal : i have YOU to remind me of that!

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me : but that day, 'you' made me wash all the dishes 'alone' after dinner. .*sigh*
shal : served you well!!
me : you also did the 'ubayokyu' business with me!!! whatever that means!!
shal(smiling) : ok, are we done?
me(smiling) - guess so!!
shal(closing the door) : ok, me is leaving..
me(winking) : hey! but wat does ubayokyu mean!?!??!!?