obiang
Origins unknown
etymology notes
Origin unknown. Possibilities include:
Malay biang ("promiscuous; lascivicious; in heat"), originally referring to someone who dresses in garish and revealing clothing,
Malay bianglala ("rainbow"), referring someone who wears loud, flashy, overly-colorful clothes,
an alteration of Ah Beng, by association with their stereotypically loud dress sense,
an old colloquial Hokkien slang term,
Singlish orbit + another word, etc.
Detailed etymology
definitions
adjective
- unfashionable; gaudy; garish
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usage notes
Usually used for things that are garishly and gaudily unfashionable, as opposed to orbit, which instead carries the connotation of simply being uncool and outmoded.