Word of the Day: Singapore Version

[manokie]

Blanch: to become white; turn pale:

The thought of giving opposition parties more seats in the parliament made LKY go blanch with horror.

 

[manokie]

Officious: objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice;

Due to a lack of privacy laws in Sinkieland, telemarketers are officious in hawking services such as credit cards and insurance policies to meek consumers.

 

[elephanto]

This is an OFFICIOUS thread which makes readers BLANCH !

造句 Gambo ?

 

[hairylee]

Good thread Bro! please keep it going.

 

[manokie]

This is an OFFICIOUS thread which makes readers blanch !

造句 Gambo ?

Thanks for making me remember the words better

Penance: self-imposed punishment for sin

After much thought, the heavenly god in MIW decided to seek penance by reducing their salaries by 66%, so that they can appease the voters before the elections.

 

[manokie]

Perdition:
a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.the future state of the wicked.

Megalomania:
mania for doing grandiose things; mental disorder characterized by delusions of wealth, power, or importance

The recent saga suggests that CHC members may find themselves in perdition by pursuing materialism and practicing megalomania, which are forbidden by the Bible.

 

[manokie]

Mealymouthed: hypocritical; evasive

Sycophant: yes man, bootlicker

Toady: Servile, bootlicking

Vivian showed that he is a mealymouthed sycophant when he asked if welfare seekers want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant without due empathic consideration for the low income families. However, he showed toady diligence in maintaining MIW's position on social welfare.

 

[manokie]

Plutocracy: the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.a government or state in which the wealthy class rules

Truism: self-evident truth

Singapore is ruled by a plutocracy. This is truism.

 

[manokie]

physiognomy: the art of determining character or personal characteristics from the form or features of the body, esp. of the face.

By applying methods in physiognomy, the expert was able to demonstrate that LKY is actually Satan in diguise.

 

[Leongsam]

Sinkieism: Refer to tonychat.

 

[manokie]

Augury: omen, sign of coming events.

The great Singapore flooding disaster was an augury that this is a rough election campaign for the MIW and their minions.

 

[manokie]

Cuisine : style of cooking
Junket: a trip, as by an official or legislative committee, paid out of public funds and ostensibly to obtain information.

Wong is on a junket in China to learn the way of the Chinese cuisine.

 

[manokie]

Ignoble: unworthy, dishonorable
Pariah: social outcast

Tonychat is an ignoble pariah who is hated by everyone in sammyboy forums.

 

[manokie]

Exchequer: treasury
Precarious: risky

MIW likes to make precarious bets all the round using funds from the exchequer.

 

[manokie]

Fulsome: disgusting; sickening; repulsive. excessively or insincerely lavish:
Sinecure: an office or position requiring little or no work, esp. one yielding profitable returns.
Epitome: a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class. good example.

Japanese translator "Prataman" holds a fulsome sinecure position in Sinkieland and this is the epitome of how brilliant civil service in the island.

 

[manokie]

Didactic: teaching, instructional,
Appellation: name, title
Apposite: Appropriate, fitting

In a didactic lesson in class, David was told that the apposite appellation for LKY is "heavenly external prime minister" by the toady teacher.

 

[manokie]

besmirch: defile, soil, make dirty
bevy: large group of (animals)
adulterate: make impure

Recently, MIW allow bevies of FT to enter so that they can besmirch and adulterate the human stock in Singapore.

 

[manokie]

tract: propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group); expanse of land; region of indefinite size; system of related organs; Ex. digestive tract
plaudits: praise; enthusiastic approval; round(succession series) of applause; ADJ. plauditory; CF. applaud
fawning: courting favor by cringing and flattering; V. fawn:exhibit affection as a dog; seek favor or attention by obsequiousness

The shit times is a laudable daily tract that draws much plaudits from fawning sycophants all around Sinkieland

 

[manokie]

Bedizen: dress with vulgar finery, tastless, gaudy

Sun has a bedizen dress sense.

 

[kingrant]

Leongsam is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

- apologies to W Churchill.