-dar

[Damien Hall]

A posting to this list mentioning the word *gaydar* reminded me of something
that I wanted to ask you all.

I was recently in a conversation where a female American friend of Indian
descent, so tan-skinned, was talking about having been approached recently by
an Indian man who seemed to be trying shyly to forge some kind of connection
with her on the basis that they might both be Indian and have similar interests
(this was the only possible connection that she could see, since it was at a
larger mostly-Caucasian gathering).  Another friend responded,  "Oh yes,
that'll be his Hindu-dar kicking in":  a coinage from *radar* via *gaydar*, as
he confirmed.

Has anyone else come across similar coinages?

Damien Hall
University of Pennsylvania