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orh kong
Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to
non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* 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.
* 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:
orkong orh kong or gong orgong
or kong
简
繁
→
Hokkien:
乌公
烏公
poj:
o͘-kong
Detailed etymology
definitions
noun
- a fine; a penalty
... common folks like us who've been "punished" (eg. cannot do this do that, cannot go here go there, restrict here restrict there, orkong here orkong there, rent increase here increase there etc) non-stop by them ever since we vote them back to power last year ...
— 2021 July 20, kinderbuenojhj. Hardwarezone, "[OFFICIAL] MIWs hv put final nail in the coffin. They can start to prepare lose more votes.". https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/official-miws-hv-put-final-nail-in-the-coffin-they-can-start-to-prepare-lose-more-votes.6560569/
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