Meanings
- IndiaSouth AsiacolloquialinformaluncountableIndian politicsgovernmentsycophancy, flattery.
People are unhappy if you are doing well and happy when you are sitting idle at home. I think that I’ve always been a soft target for controversies maybe because I have not gelled well or should I say ‘I did not do chamchagiri’.
2018 April 29, Shreya Mukherjee, “Sonal Vengurlekar on controversies around her: People close to me know the truth”, in Hindustan Times1 more example
I was exposed shockingly to the great Indian chamchagiri culture at the age of 19 when I started off with my three-year internship at an MNC. […] What’s more, the chamchagiri came from her own creed who underwent a pupate transformation in front of her bosses.
2019 April 5, Parvathy Anantakrishnan, “The Great Indian Chamcha”, in The Times of India
Origin
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chamchagiri. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chamchagiri
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