Mahal says: ‘Thanks to British-Asian media, the word chuddies is now widely known in the UK.‘
Prince Charles, the heir apparent to the British crown, told a dinner thrown for 200 Asian guests at Windsor Castle that the word chuddies - Indian word for underwear - is here to stay in the English language.
From the BBC Comedy show, ‘Goodness Gracious Me’, comes the word chuddies, meaning underpants.
According to Arfaan Khan, a British Pakistani linguist, a number of Hindi words such as chuddies are currently being imported from the Indian subcontinent.
The show is known for sending up British and Asian cultures, with catchphrases such as ‘Kiss my chuddies!’
Origin
1990s: Anglo-Indian, perhaps an alteration of churidars.