Pogonotrophy: Shashi Tharoor learns a new word, jibes at PM Modi’s beard

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor illustrated the use of the wordpogonotrophy, while also taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the growing length of his beard.

Known for his prodigious command over the English language, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor recently picked up a new word and lost no time in putting it to good use. My friend Rathin Roy, the economist, taught me a new word today: pogonotrophy, which means "the cultivation of a beard". As in, the PM's pogonotrophy has been a pandemic preoccupation... https://t.co/oytIvCKRJR That is awesome @EmergingRoy !! Teaching a new word to @ShashiTharoor is very rare When a Twitter user wrote to Tharoor that she was waiting to learn an ‘out-of-the-box’ word, the lawmaker said his friend had taught him a new word: pogonotrophy. He illustrated the use of the word while also taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.