Here’s The Latest Addition To Shashi Tharoor’s Word Of The Day

Shashi Tharoor is one of the most eloquent and poignant speakers in the country who has time and again been able to sway his audience with his words.

We have seen this incredible talent of MP Shashi Tharoor on various instances, be it at a TED talk or his during his Oxford Union debate or even on talk shows. However, nothing can match the standard of his Twitter conversations and exchange of ideas. The man has been able to time and again blow the social media away with his words which eventually led Tharoor to start his ‘word of the day’ segment on his Twitter. Through this series, Tharoor introduces a word to his 6.68 million followers, that rightly apprehends his stature, a.k.a. Tharoorian English.

These are big words that mean something very easily or complex and ever since he started this social work, he has been getting some thoughts from his followers on each and every one of them.

And, much like most days, Shashi Tharoor shared another word in his word of the day segment, today. It is – roorback which means “A defamatory falsehood published for political effect”.

Here are some of the hilarious ways in which his followers reacted to this interesting word.

We agree with one of the tweets above, who needs a dictionary if you’re following MP Shashi Tharoor on Twitter?

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