Citations:bhaigiri

English citations of bhaigiri

• 2019 September 29, “The wild west of Mumbai’s property market: Water, electricity are guaranteed, but not your life”, in Mumbai Mirror‎^[1]:

  Today, though the underworld’s influence has waned in the area, it’s been replaced by an aggressive land mafia. “There is still a lot of bhaigiri here,” says a senior civic official, adding that both the BMC and the police are wary of confronting them.

• [2022 July 30, Gautam Pemmaraju, “Bol Bachchan: Speaking Together And Sticking Together In Mumbai”, in Outlook‎^[2]:

  Ismail Bhai speaks Bambaiya. In particular, his speech is heavily laced with bhai-giri, the street style of taporis—wannabe thugs, wastrels, roadside Romeos, smart alecks, and of course, the quintessential fast-talking and endearing Bombay hustleer of Hindi cinema. While Bhai is bro, the suffix giri is a mode of operation, code, style or trend.]