Chimbridge Singlish Dictionary

definitions

expression

1. (rhetorical) 'hurry up'; ‘what’s taking so long'; 'stop taking your own sweet time'; used to express impatience and annoyance at a delay or a person’s lateness

But that wasn't all Jaspers' smart home had to offer. When he announced his return home, the lights went on as the same robotic voice nagged: "Now then come back, what time already ah?" … "What time already, now then you sleep?" The device would say when Jaspers wished it good night. … Conversely, when Jaspers wished it a good morning, it replied: "What time already, now then you wake up?"

— 2022 November 3, Khoo Yi-Hang. AsiaOne, "'Now then come back, what time already?' Jaspers Lai programs smart home device to sound like his mother". https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/what-time-already-jaspers-lai-smart-home-device-mother-seow-sin-nee-justswipelah