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Han Plang

Posted on August 6, 2018by Singaporean

Han Plang Origin: Singlish – This term means literally everything. Han Plang is used to describe putting everything together or just simply everything.

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Ho Seh Boh??

Posted on August 6, 2018by Singaporean

Ho Seh Boh? Origin: Hokkien – It is a question asking “How have you been?” A popular hokkien greeting when you chance upon a friend outside. It is a simple and yet effective greeting that asks the person how has he/she been.

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Horrigible

Posted on October 18, 2017by Singaporean

Horrigible Origin: Singlish/Misspell – It is a misspell of horrible and could also mean a combination of both horrible and incorrigible Horrigible is sometimes used to describe both a horrible and incorrigible person.

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Hao Lian

Posted on September 23, 2017September 23, 2017by Singaporean

Hao Lian Origin: Teochew – a term to describe a person as a show-off Hao Lian is used to describe a person as boastful or a show-off. A Hao Lian is a kind of person that likes to flaunt his/her wealth or success to friends and relatives.

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Hor Jiak Hor Koon

Posted on September 19, 2017by Singaporean

Hor Jiak Hor Koon Origin: Hokkien – literal transalation “good to eat and good to sleep” Hor Jiak Hor Koon is a hokkien term to describe someone having a good life with no worries.

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Hokkien Peng – Hokkien Soldier

Posted on June 29, 2017June 29, 2017by Singaporean

Hokkien Peng Origin: Hokkien/army lingo – Hokkien speaking soldiers of the Singapore Army “Hokkien Peng” refers to hokkien speaking soldiers of the early Singapore Army. This term usually refers to soldiers in the past when most spoke hokkien instead of english due to a lack of education.

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Heng

Posted on May 27, 2017by Singaporean

Heng Origin: Hokkien – it means fortunately or luckily Heng is used to express some event that you are lucky or fortunate to encounter or to avoid.

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HDB – Housing Development Board

Posted on May 8, 2017September 23, 2017by Singaporean

HDB Origin: Acronym, HDB stands for Housing Development Board

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