Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Vishal's Urban Dictionary (VUD)
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Prook (v.): Surreptitious glance-away, usually conducted when person next to you is typing in a e-mail password or ATM pin.

So .. what are you trying to prove? Like, hey man, I'm not going to check your mail or steal your money. I may, however, rat on you to the boss, steal your phone charger or get your wife to cheat on you though. After all, there are gracious limits to my niceness.

Prooking is rather common, and considered to be socially polite, in most cases.

Also see: De-prooking: Immediately returning to stare at screen once said subject has completed secret word-entry. De-prooking is done in most cases to highlight the prooking, and to validate the fact that you weren't just checking out some girl, or looking for a clock - you were indeed prooking, and respecting the privacy of your fellow human. De-prooking is usually done to enhance self-esteem, and to make one feel good about themselves - kind of like injecting a "I'm-a-good-person-I-think-about-others" dose, prior to proceeding with your selfish endeavors that make your life ever so meaningless.

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6 comments:

Zeenat Rasheed said...

Dear VUD,
What is the etymological root and evolution of the word Prook?
Sincerely,
Lexi Cographer

Anonymous said...

Hi Sexi .. I mean, Lexi,

Prook has its roots in Hindu mythology, particularly in the ancient Sanskrit term, 'prooksayath', which refers to the a tale involving Rama and Sita soon after their online dating phase. Sita was not one to pry on Rama, but did end up checking out his TurboTax password once (shameless paid plug), which caused much anger and ire in the Kingdom. In order to prevent a 'shraap', Sita launched the custom of 'prooksayathi' which has carried forward till date.

Won't be able to answer the second part of your question, as I don't believe in Evolution. Darwin was a scumbag. Hail Adam n Eve!

Yours Sincerely,
I. P. Freely

Paresh said...

Seriously? VUD?

Zeenat Rasheed said...

P, sure if you can have VOD, why not VUD?

I thought taxes in the ancient kingdon were paid to the king.. wasn't Rama the king? What was he doing taxes for? Or was he filing absentee returns from his 14 year vanvaas?

Silly, the evolution of a word means how has its meaning and usage changed as time goes by based on new generations of prooksters - not whether it came from an ape. Though it would be fun to see a monkey say 'Prook'.

E-Volver said...

Dashrath was King. Rama was Prince, later acknowledged as The-Royal-Formerly-Known-As-Rama.

Zeenat Rasheed said...

Yeah but didn't someone shoot an arrow into Dashrath and kill him?

All my knowledge of Hindu mythology comes from Jr.2 to Sr.5 Hindi textbooks and "Introduction to Hindu Mythology" in college so I may be getting this grossly wrong :D