AA adj. [Eng., abbrev. of a(ttract a(ttention] Blatant, conspicuous, showy, unashamed.2005 Renee Tan The Sunday Times, 27 February, 38 “Never see she show half ball meh.. so A.A.!” What it means: “Can’t you see she’s revealing a lot of cleavage.. so attract-attention!”
air-level / n. [<>The Straits Times (Section 3), 9 August, 19 air-level – a person with A levels. 1994 C.S. Chong NS: An Air-Level Story [back cover] Air Level.. Army lingo for A-level. An obvious corruption used to ridicule A-Level trainees when they failed to meet commanders’ expectations. 7 I have tried to bring them to life in their ‘Air Level’ mindset, complete with all their strengths, weaknesses and language. 64 He said he was not afraid of ‘Air-Levels’.
chop-chop kali pok adv. & int. [Pidgin-Eng. chop-chop <>Wilkinson, Winstedt) + Kali Pok, rhyming slang] A adv. Quick, quickly. B int. Hurry up!A [1834 The Canton Register 13 May, 76/2 We have also .. ‘chop-chop hurry’. 1836 The Chinese Repository 434 ‘More soon, more better; sendee chop-chop,’ I told him. 1909 Daily Chronicle, 20 July, 4/7 In pidgin English ‘chop-chop’ means ‘make haste’. 1946 John Irving Royal Navalese 52 Chop-Chop! In a hurry; Hurry up!] 2005 Colin Tan The Sunday Times (from Straits Times Interactive), 17 July. Very simple set-ups, video, behind closed doors in a private house, no one’s the wiser. Chop chop kali pok, and then it’s exported.
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