Singaporean and Malaysian colloquial slang for a roadside drain or monsoon drain — those concrete open channels running along streets that handle heavy tropical rainfall.
Singaporean and Malaysian colloquial slang for a roadside drain or monsoon drain — those concrete open channels running along streets that handle heavy tropical rainfall. 'Longkang' is from Malay and is completely standard in everyday Singlish and Malaysian English speech. These drains are a fixture of Southeast Asian urban life and the word appears constantly in casual conversation: falling into a longkang is a social media rite of passage, and 'longkang fish' (fish that live in drains) is a thing kids talk about with gross fascination.
He was staring at his phone while walking and nearly stepped straight into the longkang outside the kopitiam.
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A Hokkien-derived Singaporean and Malaysian vulgar expletive, used as a general-purpose intensifier or expression of frustration, anger, or exasperation. Literally a sexual insult targeting someone's mother, but in practice it functions more like a broadly profane exclamation similar to 'fuck' in English. Typically used in casual Singlish speech and among friends, particularly by Chinese-Singaporean and Malaysian speakers. Often abbreviated 'KNN' in online contexts. The term is highly offensive in formal settings but is relatively normalised in certain informal registers.
(Singapore, Singlish, vulgar) Expression of anger and despair.
A Hokkien-origin profanity used in Singapore and Malaysia, literally meaning to have sex with your mother, a direct maternal insult. One of the strongest expletives in Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese informal speech. Used as a standalone exclamation, as an intensifier, or at the start of a sentence for dramatic emphasis. Extremely vulgar; entirely inappropriate in formal or professional settings. Variations and intensifications of the phrase are common in colloquial speech, often with added particles that shift the emphasis or direction of the expletive.
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(colloquial, Singapore, Malaysia) , street drain.
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