(Singlish, Manglish, original sense, now, _, rare) Sapping one’s strength; tiresome.
wah lao...... jialat ahhhh you.
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(Singlish, Manglish, by extension) , disastrous; (of a person) affected by difficulties, in a dire situation.
None of the economists polled expect the economy to contract - be it a technical recession or a real recession - and hit the alamak and jialat ranges.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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