As a Singaporean-American, I grew up on bits and pieces of my Singaporean heritage, as my parents drilled a handful of the ‘Singlish’ phrases they grew up on into my vocabulary. Around my ...

Through partnerships with restaurants and shopping center food courts, the government plans to exhort patrons to "Get it Right" with posters showing examples of Singlish phrases crossed out and ...

best accompanied by a defiant tilt of the chin. To “catch no ball” means to not understand—the Singlish phrase is the literal English translation of the Hokkien term for being perplexed ...

That’s why we’ve helpfully explained seven colloquial cowboy phrases in familiar Singlish — so you can appreciate the essence of what they’re really getting at. This way, nothing is lost ...

The Orange is the New Black star was in Berlin for the hit show's fourth season premiere, where she picked up a set of Singlish — Singapore English — versions of quotes from her character ...

It’s just a way of turning the words into symbols, turning the phrases into commodities.” Gwee is, of course, a respected authority on Singlish, having both the academic chops and siao unker mannerism ...

"I got the cat meh?" is the puzzled realisation that you may have lost it. Some Singlish phrases are also used in Malaysia but others are unique to Singapore. To "merlion" is to vomit profusely ...

RABAK SIA! This quintessential Singlish phrase is a favourite among Singaporeans, used to describe anything that’s out of control, from work havoc to the scorching weather this month. I certainly had ...

Just recently, TikTok user and expat Jenna took to Instagram to share what's in her view the 'hardest Singlish phrase'. "I moved from Montana to Singapore 10 months ago, and today I want to talk ...