* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
also can:
shack shak
shag
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English:
shagged out
definitions
adjective
- exhausted; extremely tired
- exhausting; extremely tiring
Cannot, I damn shag already. We stop and get some cendol first ba.
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I had a really shag day at work yesterday. I only pang kang at 12 am sia.
synonyms:
interjection
- expression of exhaustion, despair, or frustration in a particularly exhausting or tiresome situation
- expression of commiseration in response to a disappointing, unfortunate, tiresome etc. situation for someone else; 'damn, that sucks, buddy'
Walao, have to redo the whole design I just spent the past 2 weeks making. Shag man.
- Haiz… apparently I would have gotten third place but kena DQ cos of some weird rule.
- Wah, shag.
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usage notes
Unlike in English, the term has no sexual meaning in Singlish.
Sometimes spelled 'shack', which may be an overcorrection from people mistakenly believing it originally comes from English shack. It is also partly due to the unvoiced /k/ and voiced /g/ often not being distinguished systematically in Singlish spelling (indeed, it is properly pronounced as an unvoiced /k/ in this case). The two are often interchanged in spelling, especially depending on whether one is using Hokkien (k) or Mandarin (g) conventions - a quirk which even carries over to words derived from other languages, such as this one.