Slang is an interesting window into a culture or cultures. The slang here is every bit as lively as anyone else's, and thanks to the web we can all get a glimpse. A few more-or-less random examples
- Cup ice cream -- literally, what you'd expect, but the local flavor is in the details
- Item number -- a bit of Bollywood
- Do the needful -- um ... just how would you say that in, say, American English?
My favorite, on a par with the mighty might could, is cannot able to (listed under cannot able to be and, commentary notwithstanding, no more "warped" than many an "acceptable" construct).
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