Chimbridge Singlish Dictionary

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goyang

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Malay:

goyang

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definitions

verb

to shake; to sway

adjective

scared; nervous; cowardly

Last car damn goyang sia, need drive so slow.

— Anonymous bus captain

related:

bo ji goyang kaki hum ji

references:

1.

2016 November, Nathiqa Azira Utoh Joehann, Durah Jasmin Abu Din Nur Atiqah Rahim, and Farrah Diebaa Rashid Ali. Department of English for International Communication Kulliyyah of Languages and Management International Islamic University Malaysia. INVESTIGATING MAT REMPIT’S LINGUISTIC IDENTITY: ASSIGNING NEW MEANINGS TO STANDARD MALAY WORDS. IYSJL vol. 1, no. I

other credits:

Anonymous bus captain for the quote.