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List of New and Revised Entries

Last updated on 19 May 2016

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

aksi borak (quotation added on 14 November 2015)

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B

bo chap (quotation added on 14 November 2015)

buay tahan (quotation added on 14 November 2015)

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C

chin chow (definition revised and quotation added on 20 February 2016)

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D

diao he (quotation added on 26 February 2014)

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E

eh (quotation added on 11 April 2013)

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F

fa cai (quotation added on 26 February 2014)

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G

gan shui (quotation added on 17 November 2015)

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H

half past six (quotation added on 28 April 2015)

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I

Indian rojak (quotation added on 17 May 2013)

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J

jaga (quotation added on 15 November 2013)

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K

kaypoh (quotation added on 19 May 2016)

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L

leceh (quotation added on 14 November 2015)

lontong (quotation added on 14 November 2015)

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M

mee soto (quotation added on 14 November 2015)

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N

nam yu (definition revised and quotation added on 30 March 2013)

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O

or jian (quotation added on 9 December 2013)

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P

paiseh (quotation added on 14 November 2015)

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Q

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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R

roti canai (quotation added on 9 December 2013)

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S

Singlish (quotation added on 14 November 2015)

soto ayam (quotation added on 14 November 2015)

sugee (quotation added on 14 November 2015)

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T

tau cheoh (quotation added on 28 April 2015)

tau kwa (quotation added on 28 April 2015)

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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

wantan noodles (added on 19 May 2016)

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X

[Currently no new or revised entries]

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Y

yeh yeh (quotation added on 16 April 2012)

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Z

zero point (quotation added on 16 April 2012)

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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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