goreng
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Malay:
goreng
definitions
verb
- to fry; to deep-fry
- to flatter; to butter up with compliments
- to sternly reprimand; to give an extended scolding to
- to ridicule; to mock; to criticize
- (dated) to deceive; to fool; to trick; to bluff
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He's been getting gorenged in there for an hour now. Just how badly did he screw up?
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The restaurant was gorenged by floods of dissatisfied reviews after they tried getting away with charging double for a smaller portion.
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adjective
- (postpositive) fried; deep-fried
Maggi goreng from the prata stall was always a favourite among the students.
usage notes
While char and goreng mean the same thing ("fry/fried") in their respective original languages, they cannot be treated interchangeably. For example, char kway teow is quite a distinct dish from kway teow goreng.
Goreng is properly postpositive (placed after the noun it modifies), a feature which it inherits from Malay. However, it is sometimes used before the noun in some phrases by those unfamiliar with Malay grammar, e.g. in 'goreng pisang' (pisang goreng).