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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "阿明",
"tr": "a-bêng"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien 阿明 (a-bêng)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hokkien 阿明 (a-bêng), which is a common Chinese male name.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Ah Bengs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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},
"expansion": "Ah Beng (plural Ah Bengs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
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"parents": [
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"Offensive terms",
"Terms by usage"
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"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 April 15, Neil Humphreys, “From Cool Dude to Sad Old Man”, in The New Paper, page 34:",
"text": "Among the ah bengs and ah lians, the mats and the minahs, the young expats and the backpackers, he stood out like a dozen guys on a male-only dance floor singing Dancing Queen (I'll never forgive Blur for ruining my 21st birthday).",
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],
"glosses": [
"A young Chinese man in Singapore, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs."
],
"id": "en-Ah_Beng-en-noun-kZeT~OyT",
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],
[
"ethnic",
"ethnic"
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[
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[
"Chinese",
"Chinese"
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[
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"Singapore"
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"(Malaysia, Singapore, derogatory, ethnic slur) A young Chinese man in Singapore, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs."
],
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{
"word": "Ah Seng"
},
{
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ah Lian"
},
{
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ah Huay"
},
{
"english": "Malay equivalent",
"tags": [
"Malaysia"
],
"word": "mat rempit"
}
],
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"Malaysia",
"Singapore",
"derogatory",
"ethnic",
"slur"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Ah Beng"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˌɑː(˨)ˈbeŋ(˨˦)/",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
}
],
"word": "Ah Beng"
}
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"1": "en",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "阿明",
"tr": "a-bêng"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien 阿明 (a-bêng)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hokkien 阿明 (a-bêng), which is a common Chinese male name.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Ah Bengs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
"nolinkhead": "1"
},
"expansion": "Ah Beng (plural Ah Bengs)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Ah Seng"
},
{
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ah Lian"
},
{
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ah Huay"
},
{
"english": "Malay equivalent",
"tags": [
"Malaysia"
],
"word": "mat rempit"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"ref": "2012 April 15, Neil Humphreys, “From Cool Dude to Sad Old Man”, in The New Paper, page 34:",
"text": "Among the ah bengs and ah lians, the mats and the minahs, the young expats and the backpackers, he stood out like a dozen guys on a male-only dance floor singing Dancing Queen (I'll never forgive Blur for ruining my 21st birthday).",
"type": "quote"
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"A young Chinese man in Singapore, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs."
],
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[
"ethnic",
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"slur",
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[
"Chinese",
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"man",
"man"
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[
"Singapore",
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"stereotype",
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"education",
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[
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"(Malaysia, Singapore, derogatory, ethnic slur) A young Chinese man in Singapore, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs."
],
"tags": [
"Malaysia",
"Singapore",
"derogatory",
"ethnic",
"slur"
],
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"Ah Beng"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˌɑː(˨)ˈbeŋ(˨˦)/",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
}
],
"word": "Ah Beng"
}
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