AH KOW'S
FIRST INGGLISH DICKSIONARY

Action by Victor Gan

Meaning : Show off
That fella always like to action, wear Lollex to show off only.

Ah Beng by B. Ong

 You might want to consider yourself a Chow Ah Beng if...
                
1.  Havelock Rd you don't know but Or Kyou Tao is your
        favourite hangouts;
2.  You address every person in the army has with an extra
        "chow", like chow private, chow officer, chow coporal...;
3.  Corporal say turn the click clockwise but you keep
        saying "Wa eh cock bo why leh corporal!";
4.  You carry a comb in your back pocket;
5.  You only go to Canto Pop even though you speak Hokien;
6.  You call discotheque, "LIS-CO";
7.  All your female freinds has "Lian" or "Hua" in their
        names;
8.  Or your female friends like Mary, or Suzy as their
        English name;
9.  Your 4-letter words are seldom 4-letters becos you
        prefer the colourful Chow Ch** B**!  L** J***!;
10. You address every body as Ah something...

Ah Beng by Yeo Kay Hiong

Here are ten reasons why you may not be as cool as you think. You may be an AH BENG

1.  You live in Ang Sua and not Bukit Merah;
2.  You realise that everyone address you as chef or Hock Kien Peng 
        in the army;
3.  Your command of Hokkien is better than your Singlish;
4.  You have permed hair;
5.  You like to shop in GOO CHAIR CHEW and PEOPLE'S PARK;
6.  The girl at POSB stared at you when you said, 
        "I one too wee door some money." 
7.  Chicks with luminous shirt and poney tail 
        at the TOP of their head say, "ho say bo" to you;
8.  Your belt is down to your pubes and butt crack area;
9.  You can put 2 chickens in your trousses pocket;
10. YOU HAVE A BMX WITH STEREO AND NEON LIGHTS

Ah Lian by Yeo Kay Hiong

If u think u are sexy and cool as hell, wait; read this: U may be an AH LIAN

10 reasons why u could be an A. L.

1. SDU rejects your application because they cannot classify you;
2. Your job at Macdonalds is the only chance you get to speak bad English AKA Singlish;
3. Your skirt is below your boobs and you wear a size 42 short sleeve shirt when u are a size 32;
4. You find cheap thrills by pinching your friend every time you see someone with a turban, hoping she would scream the correct color; (Harban Singh doesn't count--His turban is detachable; like many of them, only wears it during NS to escape HELMET; detached with the latest hairstyle in disco)
5. Your boyfriend insist that he live in:
   Blk lie-tee-fi
   lumber tree-too-egg
   Ang Suah load;
6. You felt extremely privileged to take the M-ah-le-tee to work;
7. U wear a pony tail on the top of your head, with luminous green band/shirt to match;
8. You love to hang out in places like Mar-lee-na and See-tee hall stations;
9. You think green day is the American National Day and the Beatles is some kind of tropical bug.

10. YOUR NAME IS SOO-SEE TAN HUAY LIAN!!!!!!!!!!!

AIR-level by Victor Gan

literal : A-level lah
Even before Nike had Nike AIR, we had our AIR-levels.
Eg. "I tell you ah, don't play play with me ok, I got AIR-level one. :)

Act blur by Victor Gan

To pretend not to know something
eg. "Wah low, tomorrow got test, see peh chiah lat!"
"Har, tomorrow got test meh?"
"Eh, Ah Seow, don't act blur lah, I know you finished studying already right?"

Act tough by C.K. Wu

To put on an inappropriate state of manly valour.
Eg. Ah seow, don't know say you don't know lah- don't act tough. One day you kenna siong-siong than you know!

Ah Beng by Pang Siu Yuin

Used to be guys who go round wearing baggy trousers with a comb conspicuusly in the back pocket, lots of gel in the hair...very "unclass?" behaviour.

also Ah Lian: Ah Beng's gerfland.

Ah Pui by Ghee Aun Wu

Meaning: A fat person
Eg. Ah pui eh! can run faster ornot, the bus going already lah!.

Alamak! by Spaceman Spiff

Meaning:
Literal: (?)
Eg. Commentator: "He's going for the goal..past one..past two, only him and the goalkeeper left..he shoots! ALAMAK!! He missed! idiot!"

Ayamby Raymond

Meaning: Malay word for chicken.Strangely it is used to denote inferiority or weakness.
EG. All lee udder Intanasenal Airpod so AYAM, how to compare with ower lumber one airpod?

Meaning: Not happy, normally used to describe not happy with something or with someone.
Eg: He buay song you is it? or You buay song things are to be done like that har?

Buay Tah Han by S.W

Meaning: State of intolerance
Eg, "See his face only buay tah han, so arrogant."

Buayah by S.W.

Meaning: Crocodile (literally), womanizer
Eg, "See, see, Ah Seng down there "buayahing" Ah Lian, see a-lady buay tah han, alway like that one."