"summon auntie" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsʌmən ˈɑnti/ [Singapore], [ˈsa˧.mən˦ ˈan˧.ti˦] [Singapore], [-i˦˧] [Singapore], /ˈsɑmɑn ˈɑnti/ [Singapore] (note: using the pronunciation of saman in Malay) Forms: summon aunties [plural]
Etymology: Compound noun formed with the English word summon (see summons, noun) and auntie (“term of familiarity or respect applied to elderly women”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} summon auntie (plural summon aunties)
  1. (Singapore, colloquial, informal) A parking enforcement officer who goes around public parking spaces to issue parking tickets to illegally parked cars Tags: Singapore, colloquial, informal Categories (topical): Law enforcement Synonyms: saman auntie
    Sense id: en-summon_auntie-en-noun-0QTghJzY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Singapore English

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Compound noun formed with the English word summon (see summons, noun) and auntie (“term of familiarity or respect applied to elderly women”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "summon aunties",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law enforcement",
          "orig": "en:Law enforcement",
          "parents": [
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            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
            "All topics",
            "Government",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 18, Willis Wee, “iPhone App Spots Parking Meter Attendants in Singapore”, in Tech in Asia, retrieved 2016-03-28:",
          "text": "Summon Auntie is a Singlish phrase that describes meter attendants, usually middle-aged women, who give parking fines to cars that are illegally parked",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 October 3, Azilah, “‘Summon auntie’ chases off bikini-clad sunbathers at Redhill car park”, in Yahoo! News, retrieved 2016-03-28:",
          "text": "‘Summon auntie’ chases off bikini-clad sunbathers at Redhill car park. A video of a female car park attendant chasing off two bikini-clad girls sunbathing at the top of a multi-storey car park in Redhill has gotten people talking.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 February 5, Belmont Lay, “This Will Convince Everybody Why No One Should Ever Become a Summon Auntie”, in mothership.sg, retrieved 2016-03-28:",
          "text": "The New Paper recently wrote a story on Feb. 4 about the plight of parking enforcement officers, also known as parking wardens or summon aunties",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 July 10, Lim Min Zhang, The Straits Times::",
          "text": "Take, for instance, the summon auntie who dishes out fines to cars parked illegally - she's someone everyone recognizes",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A parking enforcement officer who goes around public parking spaces to issue parking tickets to illegally parked cars"
      ],
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        "(Singapore, colloquial, informal) A parking enforcement officer who goes around public parking spaces to issue parking tickets to illegally parked cars"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "saman auntie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Singapore",
        "colloquial",
        "informal"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmən ˈɑnti/",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsa˧.mən˦ ˈan˧.ti˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-i˦˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑmɑn ˈɑnti/",
      "note": "using the pronunciation of saman in Malay",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "summon auntie"
}
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  "etymology_text": "Compound noun formed with the English word summon (see summons, noun) and auntie (“term of familiarity or respect applied to elderly women”).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "summon auntie (plural summon aunties)",
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    }
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          "ref": "2011 October 18, Willis Wee, “iPhone App Spots Parking Meter Attendants in Singapore”, in Tech in Asia, retrieved 2016-03-28:",
          "text": "Summon Auntie is a Singlish phrase that describes meter attendants, usually middle-aged women, who give parking fines to cars that are illegally parked",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 October 3, Azilah, “‘Summon auntie’ chases off bikini-clad sunbathers at Redhill car park”, in Yahoo! News, retrieved 2016-03-28:",
          "text": "‘Summon auntie’ chases off bikini-clad sunbathers at Redhill car park. A video of a female car park attendant chasing off two bikini-clad girls sunbathing at the top of a multi-storey car park in Redhill has gotten people talking.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 February 5, Belmont Lay, “This Will Convince Everybody Why No One Should Ever Become a Summon Auntie”, in mothership.sg, retrieved 2016-03-28:",
          "text": "The New Paper recently wrote a story on Feb. 4 about the plight of parking enforcement officers, also known as parking wardens or summon aunties",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 July 10, Lim Min Zhang, The Straits Times::",
          "text": "Take, for instance, the summon auntie who dishes out fines to cars parked illegally - she's someone everyone recognizes",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A parking enforcement officer who goes around public parking spaces to issue parking tickets to illegally parked cars"
      ],
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        "(Singapore, colloquial, informal) A parking enforcement officer who goes around public parking spaces to issue parking tickets to illegally parked cars"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "colloquial",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmən ˈɑnti/",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsa˧.mən˦ ˈan˧.ti˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-i˦˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑmɑn ˈɑnti/",
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      "tags": [
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "saman auntie"
    }
  ],
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}

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