put tank in a mall
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Tagalog:
putang ina mo
Detailed etymology
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noun
- (vulgar, offensive) your mother is a whore; fuck you
The Internet sniggered, because this was literally "Put tank in a mall", and it was dank.
And it's little wonder why the SAF tank became so popular because it was a long time coming for this to literally happen -- an Internet meme literally coming to life ...
— 2016 September 7, Belmont Lay. Mothership, "FairPrice Xtra's 'Put tank in a mall' makes mainstream sense now following Obama slur". https://mothership.sg/2016/09/fairprice-xtras-put-tank-in-a-mall-makes-mainstream-sense-now-following-obama-slur/
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Borrowed into contemporary Singlish from interactions with Tagalog speakers, for example through online games such as DotA, and other general Filipino cultural exports and memes.