(Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia) A benevolent organization of popular origin found among overseas Chinese communities for individuals with the same surname.
By 1970, for instance, the state authorities considered these kongsi to be unfit and unhygienic for living, and they were ordered to be dismantled.
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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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