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:

screw upside-down

screw upside down

Singlish:

screw

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English:

upside down

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definitions

verb

  1. (vulgar) to scold; to severely reprimand
  2. Tommy tio screw by the maths teacher for sleeping in class and then kena screw upside down for talking back about it.


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