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List of New and Revised Entries

Last updated on 10 September 2007

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

alamak (quotation added on 20 August 2007)

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B

bittergourd (quotation added on 7 September 2007)

bogay (added on 20 August 2007)

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C

cheena (quotation added on 20 August 2007)

chye por (quotation added on 7 September 2007)

cock (definition revised and quotation added on 20 August 2007)

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D

deh (definition revised and quotation added on 10 September 2007)

devil curry (definition and etymology revised on 10 September 2007)

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E

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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F

fu yu (quotation added on 7 September 2007)

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G

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H

hay bee (quotation added on 20 August 2007)

heck care (quotation added on 20 August 2007)

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I

iron rice bowl (quotations added on 11 April 2007)

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J

jelak (definition revised and quotation added on 20 August 2007)

jiao zi (quotation added on 20 August 2007)

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K

kaya (quotation added on 20 August 2007)

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L

laksa leaf (quotation added on 20 August 2007)

little red dot (etymology updated and quotations added on 27 August 2007)

longan (quotation added on 20 August 2007)

lupcheong (quotation added on 20 August 2007)

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M

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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N

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O

orni (quotation added on 7 September 2007)

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P

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Q

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R

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S

shui jiao (added on 20 August 2007)

S’pore (added on 20 August 2007)

S’porean (added on 20 August 2007)

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T

Teochew porridge (quotation added on 7 September 2007)

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U

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V

Vaisakhi (added on 20 August 2007)

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W

wa lau (quotation added on 7 September 2007)

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X

xiao long bao (quotation added on 20 August 2007)

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Y

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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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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