ponteng
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ponteng
Detailed etymology
definitions
verb
- to play truant; to skip school or work
It's a once in a lifetime chance to watch our legends, we must go. If our boss won't let us go, sorry lah, we'll just ponteng ...
— 1991 July 3, Lisa Kong (quoting Moliano Rasmadi). The Straits Times, "Shades of Purple". p.3
I'd ponteng (skip) school, stay out overnight, have a boyfriend. Mum was really mad. We had a lot of quarrels.
— 1998 July 13, Yvonne Lim (quoting Quet Sok Ling). The New Paper, "growing pangs". p.37
usage notes
Nowadays, more common in writing than pon, while the latter is more common in spokem language.