Been long since I've posted something here. Well, when writing is all that you do, the fun of it seems to be missing somehow... Yep, hope that I can write more in the future (though I highly doubt so).
Anyway, remember how they used to tell you school not to use
singlish words while talking to a foreigner (
Caucasians) in English? And how the word 'puke' is
labeled as a '
singlish word' where
Caucasians won't understand a single bit of it. And remember how its shown in 'child not stupid' (小孩不笨) that this particular word is a word that all foreign
Caucasians won't understand? Well,
here's the good news: They are all WRONG!!!
Why? Well, as a matter-o-fact, this word originates from the west itself. Here are some quotes from dictionary.com:
Puke verb, puked, puk-ing. noun
-verb (used without object), verb (used with object) Slang
1. to vomit.
-noun
2. vomit.
3. a. any food or dink that is repulsive.
b. anything that is contemptible or worthless.
Word Origin & History
puke (v.)
1600, probably of imitative origin (cf. Ger, spucken "to spit," L. spuere); first recorded in the "Seven Ages of Man" speech in Shakespeare's "As You Like It." The noun meaning "material thrown up in vomiting" is form 1961.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/puke
So... Here you go~ Puke is not a word that originates from Singapore, so you dudes out there teaching or whatsoever, don't be so full of yourself~~~
And how come all of a sudden I've thought of such an repulsive word? Well, as a matter-o-fact, this word appeared in the game left 4 dead 2 (an
American one, obviously). It so happened to describe an item that is of a bottle
containing some vomit of an infected called "boomer". One of such appeared in the following quote:
"Is that a bottle of puke?" - Nick
So if some idiot ever tells u that "puke" is a
singlish word", punch him.
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