Someone asked me to do this so....
For all those blur blur ones out there, Singaporeans included, here is a list consisting of my Singlish knowledge.
FYI Singlish is a mixture of English, Malay and dialects.
1. BO JIO: Why didn't you ask me along too? Used when you know your friends are outside but they didn't include you.
2. WAH LAO EH: Used an expression to express frustration/disappointed/anger/just about anything you're not happy with.
3. LAH LEH LOR: Used as an expression also. E.g I don't want lah, I saw it leh, anything loh.
4. BASKET: Singlish form of BASTARD
5. HOSEHBO: Means "How are you?", used mainly by Ah Bengs, and by students trying to act cool.
6. SIMI: Not see me, but simi, meaning "what?"
7. HUMJI: Means no balls/no guts.
8. GUAI LAN: Used to refer to a person who is an asshole/douche.
9. LANGA: Getting hit by something.
10. KENA/KANA: Means either "like/got" e.g Kena sai lah (like shit), he kena detention(he got detention)
11. SIAO: Crazy E.g You siao ah?
12. BODOH: Means an idiot in Malay.
13. CEPAT: Means hurry up in Malay
14. HANTAM: Means to beat/hit, also used when someone is going to get into trouble. E.g Wah later he confirm kena hantam by cher one!
15. CHER: Short form for teacher, created by Singapore students.
16. CHIOBU: Means pretty girl. E.g Wah chiobu sia!
17. CHAO DA: Burnt, overcooked food. E.g OI you cook so long already not scared chao da ah?
18. SIBEI: Literally means "Die father", but used as an expression for "extremely". E.g This food sibei tasty man!
19. CHAO KENG: Means to pretend to be sick/injured in order to be excused for something. E.g Wah lao he pretend he sick sia, chao keng only!
20. PENG SAN: Meaning to faint. E.g Eh drink more water if not later you halfway peng san!
21. STEADY: Means being smooth in doing something. e.g Wah lao see he run so fast, steady lah!
22. MATI: Means die in Malay, used when getting into trouble. E.g Eh shit teacher saw us already we mati!
23. DIAM: Asking someone to shut up, in a rude way.
24. SIAM: Asking someone to move out of the way, in a rude way.
25. Ka Ni Na: A vulgarity, literally means "fuck your mom". But used with anything, Singaporeans as usual.
26. Chao Chee Bye/Chao Chee Bong: Literally means "smelly vagina" but as usual, used as a vulgarity that goes with nearly anything.
27. EH/OI: Calling someone, like "hey!"
Ok that's all I can think off. Now my brain already want to mati already.
@livinginsg
Liked it...thanks for simplifying singlish lah!
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