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.

also can:

pops

popz

English:

popular

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Singlish:

-z

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definitions

adjective

  1. (usually of a person) popular; well-liked; widely admired
  2. Stacy wanted to hang out with the popz kids at school, but end up only kena ji siao by everyone.


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