"laoya" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Hokkien",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "老爺",
        "2": "old-fashioned",
        "tr": "lāu-iâ"
      },
      "expansion": "老爺／老爷 (lāu-iâ, “old-fashioned”)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hokkien 老爺／老爷 (lāu-iâ, “old-fashioned”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more laoya",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most laoya",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lau yah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lauyah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "laoya (comparative more laoya, superlative most laoya)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, missqi, \"http://sgforums.com/forums/12/topics/194857?page=2\", sgforums, 12 June 2006",
          "text": "I noticed standards here are super duper laoya."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, lurvecakes, \"http://singaporemotherhood.com/forum/threads/2007-03-march-2007-mtbs.521/page-3848\", SingaporeMotherhood Forum, 9 June 2010",
          "text": "I tried their sample cleanser, my face was popping pimples like mad and their nail polish, so laoya! So I thought their products very lousy..."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, mmqq, \"http://singaporemotherhood.com/forum/threads/2007-03-march-2007-mtbs.521/page-3912\", SingaporeMotherhood Forum, 11 July 2010",
          "text": "My Hokkien definitely cannot make it. Very laoya. Haha!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, The Amah Story, \"http://www.singaporememory.sg/contents/SMB-cd8d1482-0ff1-4e5d-984b-1617ef528eae\", Singapore Memory, 4 July 2013",
          "text": "Her eyes flashed defiantly, then moisted over as she sobbed, “Men are really very suay. My laoya husband has sold away our precious child!”"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, lala91, \"http://www.mycarforum.com/topic/2649824-any-bro-from-hokkien-huay-kuan/page-4\", MyCarForum, 4 July 2013",
          "text": "My school closed down already. My wife's school also sibei laoya one. Sigh."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, no987654321, \"http://www.viwawa.com/forums/event-i-m-a-true-gunner.28736.html&page=10\", Viwawa Forum, 11 July 2010",
          "text": "At first, I thought is my laoya computer got problem because I keep getting disconnected or server error messages since Friday."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lousy; useless; worthless."
      ],
      "id": "en-laoya-en-adj-Wh9NHt9x",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Singapore, informal) Lousy; useless; worthless."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Singapore",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laʊ(˩).ja(˨˦)/",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "laoya"
}

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "-"
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      "expansion": "Hokkien",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "老爺",
        "2": "old-fashioned",
        "tr": "lāu-iâ"
      },
      "expansion": "老爺／老爷 (lāu-iâ, “old-fashioned”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hokkien 老爺／老爷 (lāu-iâ, “old-fashioned”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more laoya",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most laoya",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lau yah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lauyah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "laoya (comparative more laoya, superlative most laoya)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, missqi, \"http://sgforums.com/forums/12/topics/194857?page=2\", sgforums, 12 June 2006",
          "text": "I noticed standards here are super duper laoya."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, lurvecakes, \"http://singaporemotherhood.com/forum/threads/2007-03-march-2007-mtbs.521/page-3848\", SingaporeMotherhood Forum, 9 June 2010",
          "text": "I tried their sample cleanser, my face was popping pimples like mad and their nail polish, so laoya! So I thought their products very lousy..."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, mmqq, \"http://singaporemotherhood.com/forum/threads/2007-03-march-2007-mtbs.521/page-3912\", SingaporeMotherhood Forum, 11 July 2010",
          "text": "My Hokkien definitely cannot make it. Very laoya. Haha!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, The Amah Story, \"http://www.singaporememory.sg/contents/SMB-cd8d1482-0ff1-4e5d-984b-1617ef528eae\", Singapore Memory, 4 July 2013",
          "text": "Her eyes flashed defiantly, then moisted over as she sobbed, “Men are really very suay. My laoya husband has sold away our precious child!”"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, lala91, \"http://www.mycarforum.com/topic/2649824-any-bro-from-hokkien-huay-kuan/page-4\", MyCarForum, 4 July 2013",
          "text": "My school closed down already. My wife's school also sibei laoya one. Sigh."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, no987654321, \"http://www.viwawa.com/forums/event-i-m-a-true-gunner.28736.html&page=10\", Viwawa Forum, 11 July 2010",
          "text": "At first, I thought is my laoya computer got problem because I keep getting disconnected or server error messages since Friday."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lousy; useless; worthless."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Singapore, informal) Lousy; useless; worthless."
      ],
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        "Singapore",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laʊ(˩).ja(˨˦)/",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "laoya"
}