What is Singlish? Simply put, a colloquial version of English unique to Singaporeans. It may contains words from various languages or dialects such as Malay, Hokkien and Cantonese. The grammatical structure of Singlish is also rather economical as you'll see verbs and pronouns juxtaposed to defy everything you've previously learnt. But how can you mangle the language like that? As mentioned, it's economical. And sometimes the structure of a sentence in Singlish closely resembles a Mandarin sentence structure. All in all, probably a result of the bilingual educational policy here. But lest you think Singapore is a land of illiterates who flunked English in school, most people know when and where to use proper English. Singlish is just a more relaxed and conversational version. Some Singlish expressions*
Beo | Look at
Blur | Confused
Bo | No / Don't have / Or not
Bo hiu | Ignore
Bo lang | No one / Deserted
Bo liao / Bo liow | Got nothing better to do
Bo lui | Broke, out of money
Buaya | Flirt (of the preying variety)
Buey heow | Don't know how (to)
Buey sai | Cannot
Cheh / Chey | Big deal
Chin chai | Up to you, anything goes
Chio gao peng / CGP | Laugh till you fall off the chair
Dao | Proud / haughty
Dun | Don't
Farnee | Funny
Got | An affirmative verb
Har | Is it
Heong | Powerful
Kiasi | Afraid to die
Kiasu | Afraid to lose out
Kok | n. A silly person v. Bonk on the head
Lai | Come
Lai liow | Coming
Lebber | Level
Liao / Liow | Already
Luan luan | Anyhow, without care
Mai | A negative reply, eg. "no thanks"
Makan | n. Food v. Eat
Marnee | Money
Mati | Die, perish
Mm zai | I don't know
Nebber | Never
Orr / Orh | OK
Pa buey si | Invincible (in combat)
Siam | Avoid, get out of the way
Sian | Sick of (something)
Siao / Siow | Crazy, demented
Siao liow / Siow liow | We're in for it now
Sim tia | Heartache
Simi | What
Simi tai ji? (SMTC) | What is it? What do you want?
Tau tia | Headache
Tomolo | Tomorrow
Wahlau | An exclamation, like "Geez"
Wun | Won't
*This table does not profess to account for all variations of the same words or phrases. Thus don't be surprised to find things spelled differently in the game. |  | MUDding FAQs Answers to questions from first-timers Muddiquette Unwritten rules of the game MUD Dictionary Definitions of terms used in MUDding Singlish Glossary An insight into the Singapore lingo
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