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06 Jul, 2019

You know the rule. If you meet someone who speaks a different language, you teach them all the slang from your native tongue.

In an episode of 'Slang School' for Vanity Fair, Pakistani-American comedian Kumail Nanjiani really wowed us with his Urdu slang. He sat with co-star, Natalie Morales from their upcoming movie, Stuber and exchanged each other's cultural slang:

This one's a good one! Could've taken it up a notch and added 'Meray Aziz' at the end.

Don't we all love this one though
Don't we all love this one though

But hey, since when does 'chikna' mean attractive? We never thought of it as a compliment as such...

Kumail, whaaat?
Kumail, whaaat?

Natalie actually ended up explaining to him why 'dhakan' means what it does

Mind = blown!
Mind = blown!

Surprisingly, the Spanish actress was quite good at guessing what the words meant!

Haven't used this one in a while, thanks for bringing it back on our radars.
Haven't used this one in a while, thanks for bringing it back on our radars.

Looking at the dollar rate like...

Watch the full video here:

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Urkiy ul Jamal Jul 06, 2019 01:26pm
Dhakan video but then I thought I should Chill Karo.
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Faisal Jul 06, 2019 04:25pm
Chikna means 'slippery' not sticky .
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HashBrown® Jul 06, 2019 05:04pm
Made me laugh. This is first time I've seen Kumail in conversation with someone, he's pretty funny!
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