January 13, 2009
New Oxford Dictionary (Singapore Edition)
This came in my inbox, courtesy of Vicvanwinkle. Singlish still rocks!
1) LILY – adverb. extremely, really.
“Wah, you lily can sing well ah!”
2) VALLEY – adverb. extremely (same with lily), very.
“Look! My Versachee belt, valley nice hor?”
3) GORGES – adj. stunningly beautiful, gorgeous, normally found with valley.
“Wah! Ah Beng’s girlflan is valley gorges leh!”
4) CORAL – verb. to bicker, quarrel
“Why, you not happy, ah? Want to coral, is it?”
5) REEF – (normally followed with coral) to argue with.
“You lily wantto coral reef me ah?”
6) ALTITUDE – adjective. a disagreeable demeanour, attitude
“Ah Lian Lily got a bad altitude ploblem”.
7) CIRRUS – adjective. certain. serious
“You cirrus or not? Dun bruff!”
8) CANOPY – phrase. impossible, cannot be
“He bought new handphone? Canopy lah! Where got money?”
9) OLDLADY – adjective. completed, already
“Wah…you finish oldlady ah.”
10) SUIT – verb. to project forward, shoot
“Suit! Suit! See goalkeeper come out oldlady.”
11) SOW – verb. to reveal, show
“Sow me, sow me your new ting.”
12) LOAD – noun. a path normally made up of gravel & tar, road
“We go Orchard Load leh.”
13) BLINK – verb. deliver, send, bring
“What you blink for me? Sow me, sow me.”
You like the above joking or not harr? Got some more?
Hahaha……bery funny indeed! Thanks for sharing this joke ah….heehee