Monday, July 25, 2005

Singlish a-la-NKF

Terminology

NKF (verb): to cheat, to report lower or higher figures with an intention to cheat, to report false figures. Eg. Ah Beng NKFed his salary to impress that chio bu he was after without realizing that she NKFed her vital statistics by wearing wonder bra.

NKF (noun): an organization whose modus operandi are dubious. Eg. Ah Lian left that company because she found that it is an NKF.

TT Durai (verb): to secretly take and take money from company, to secretly maximize entitlements or privileges. Eg. Ah Seng regretted not TT Durai'ing as much as possible from his ex-company before he was sacked.

Peanut (noun): a unit of currency equivalent to S$600,000. Eg. The jackpot for the Toto this Thursday is 2 peanuts (S$1.2m)

New entry in Singlish lexicon
du·rai ( dü ri )
  1. Loosely used with matters pertaining to buffoony, idiocy and related concepts.
    eg. Don't be a durai leh! (tone will indicate spectrum from nincompoop to idiocy)
  2. Might be used to indicate evasiveness
    eg. Don't durai durai hor! (stop fudging the issue!)

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