Chimbridge Singlish Dictionary

definitions

noun

1. a salad dish of bite-sized pieces of fruit, vegetables, and fritters (such as tau pok or you tiao) with a sweet, tangy dressing made of ingredients such as chilli, belacan, hae ko, ground peanuts, assam, etc. It has origins in ancient Javanese cuisine.

What I like most about the rojak is the viscous savoury-sweet prawn paste sauce.

— 2023 September 28, Hedy Khoo. The Straits Times, "Food Picks: Traditional rojak, char kway teow and chirashi sushi". https://www.straitstimes.com/life/food/food-picks-traditional-rojak-char-kway-teow-and-chirashi-sushi

2. an eclectic mix or assortment of things

… rojak can be used to describe the ethnic mix of the nation …

— 2019, Cecilia Leong-Salobir. Urban Food Culture - Sydney, Shanghai and Singapore in the Twentieth Century. ISBN: 9781137516916. p.87

3. a chaotic mixture; a mess; a jumble

synonyms:

kiam chye
4. (possibly derogatory) a person of mixed ethnic heritage

synonyms:

chap cheng kia chapalang

adjective

1. assorted; eclectic; motley; miscellaneous

synonyms:

chapalang
2. chaotic; messy; jumbled

When a business or an organization has no clear objectives and is chaotic, the entity is known as “rojak”.

— 2019, Cecilia Leong-Salobir. Urban Food Culture - Sydney, Shanghai and Singapore in the Twentieth Century. ISBN: 9781137516916. p.88

3. (possibly derogatory, of a person) of mixed ethnic heritage

synonyms:

chap cheng