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List of New and Revised Entries

Last updated on 30 May 2010

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 29 May 2010)

ambilla labu (added on 29 May 2010)

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B

barang-barang (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

beef smore (added on 29 May 2010)

bergedel (added on 29 May 2010)

bludder (added on 29 May 2010)

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C

cincaluk (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

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D

devil curry (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

dirty (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

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E

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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F

feng (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

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G

guotie (quotation added on 15 December 2009)

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H

huat kueh (quotation added on 8 July 2009)

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I

is it? (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

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J

jiao zi (quotation added on 20 April 2009)

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K

kueh ambon (definition updated and quotation added on 29 May 2010)

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L

lan-lan (quotation added on 15 December 2009)

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M

makcik (quotation added on 7 July 2009)

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N

nasi lemak (quotation added on 15 December 2009)

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O

outside food (quotation added on 16 December 2009)

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P

paiseh (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

pak tong gou (added on 29 May 2010)

pau ka liau (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

pengat (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

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Q

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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R

rempah (quotation added on 15 December 2009)

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S

salah (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

sambal (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

sugee cake (quotation added on 29 May 2010)

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T

toh hay (definition revised and quotation added on 29 May 2010)

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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

wok hei (etymology revised and quotation added on 15 December 2009)

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X

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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Y

you tiao (quotation added on 15 March 2009)

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Z

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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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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