‘Quomodocunquize’: Shashi Tharoor Throws Up Another Gem In Tweet About Indian Railways

The Congress MP used the word in a tweet he put out in relation to the Indian Railways. “Must the Indian Railways quomodocunquize?” the tweet read.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

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New Delhi: It has become customary for Congress leader and former career diplomat Shashi Tharoor to keep his social media followers engrossed by introducing words with difficult syllables and complex meanings. His habit of dipping into his wide repertoire of words and throwing up occasional gems for his cyber followers has even earned him the sobriquet ‘Tharoorosauras’. The latest obscure and tongue twisting English from the Tharoor lexicon is “quomodocunquize”. The Congress MP used the word in a tweet he put out in relation to the Indian Railways. “Must the Indian Railways quomodocunquize?” the tweet read.

Obscure Words Deptt:
Must the Indian Railways quomodocunquize? @RailMinIndia #SeniorCitizensConcession#IndianRailway pic.twitter.com/CAsGDaDKAf

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 22, 2022

Tagging the ministry of Railways to the tweet and using the hashtag “Senior Citizens Concession”, he gave the meaning of the word as — “to make money by any means possible”.

The tweet drew responses from scores of netizens who thanked the Congress MP for introducing them to yet another little known and used English word.

Tharoor’s latest tweet came in response to an announcement by the Indian Railways that the concession for senior citizens will not be reinstated because the entity was already running at a reduced cost.

Posting a comment to Tharoor’s tweet, a social media user wrote, “Me, updating my password from floccinaucinihilipilification to quomodocunquize.”

Me, updating my password from floccinaucinihilipilification to quomodocunquize 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/hlG7usAjb2

— Mr. J J (@jithiljishad) May 22, 2022

Another user said, “Awfully contrived, I am afraid”, adding that they were sure there were far more easier synonyms of quomodocunquize.

Awfully contrived, I am afraid! Surely, there ought to be another word which is colourful, picturesque, flamboyant, and easy on the tongue,band meaning the same thing!

— The Grouch (@TheGrou75062162) May 22, 2022

A third user doubted if Tharoor had made up the word itself. “Sir have you coined the word or (it) already exists somewhere?” the user asked.

Sir have you coined the word or already exists somewhere?

— Chhaya Jain (@chhayajolly) May 22, 2022

“Can't believe quomodocunquize is actually a term and you haven’t made it up,” wrote another user.

Can't believe quomodocunquize is actually a term and you haven't made it up..

— movieman (@movieman777) May 22, 2022

Last month, Tharoor came up with another rarely used word, Quockerwodger, that he wanted his followers to get acquainted with. “A quockerwodger was a type of wooden puppet. In politics, a quockerwodger was a politician acting on the instructions of an influential third party, rather than properly representing their constituents,” the Congress leader wrote, adding that the word dates back to 1860.