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List of New and Revised Entries

Last updated on 21 January 2012

0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Deleted and excluded entries

0–9

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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A

ah (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

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B

barang-barang (quotation added on 31 July 2011)

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C

chap chye (quotation added on 30 December 2011)

curry devil (quotation added on 30 December 2011)

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D

dirty (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

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E

ee (quotation added on 30 June 2011)

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F

fly kite (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

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G

guotie (quotation added on 15 December 2009)

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H

heck care (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

hum chim peng (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

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I

iceball (quotation added on 30 December 2011)

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J

jiao zi (quotation added on 20 April 2009)

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K

kati (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

KIV (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

kueh kosui (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

kueh salat (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

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L

lor (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

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M

mee soto (quotation added on 23 July 2011)

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N

ngo hiang (quotation added on 8 July 2011)

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O

owe money, pay money (quotation added on 19 May 2011)

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P

potong ice-cream (quotation added on 30 December 2011)

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Q

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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R

rojak (quotation added on 3 May 2011)

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S

see how (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

see peh (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

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T

tiger show (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

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U

uncle (quotations added on 30 March 2009)

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V

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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W

wa piang (quotation added on 21 January 2012)

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X

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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Y

yong tau fu (quotation added on 12 July 2011)

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Z

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Deleted and excluded entries

Updated on 4 September 2006

all over the shop — deleted as not unique to Singlish or Singapore English: appears in quotations dating from 1874 in the Oxford English Dictionary.

bang — deleted as not unique to Singlish or Singapore English: appears in Eric Partridge’s A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (1937).

fugly — deleted as not unique to Singlish or Singapore English: appears in the Online Slang Dictionary (entry submitted 1998).

ganja — appears in quotations dating from 1800 in the Oxford English Dictionary.

sign on — deleted as not unique to Singlish or Singapore English: appears in 1955 and 1981 quotations in the Oxford English Dictionary.

skive — deleted as not unique to Singlish or Singapore English: appears in quotations dating from 1919 in the Oxford English Dictionary.

stinge — deleted as not unique to Singlish or Singapore English: appears in quotations dating from 1914 in the Oxford English Dictionary.

tempeh — not unique to Singlish or Singapore English: appears in quotations dating from 1966 in the Oxford English Dictionary.

wallop — deleted as not unique to Singlish or Singapore English: appears in quotations dating from 1892 in the Oxford English Dictionary.

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