"orh hor" meaning in English

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        "t": "used to express condolences in funeral orations; (euphemistic) to die, to pass away",
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          "text": "When I was done, I turned to him and did that finger pointing 'orh-hor' motion and he mouthed 'sorry, sorry' and bowed a little.",
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          "ref": "2019 April 25, Gemma Iso, quoting Kethlyn Gayatiri Koh, “Netizen ‘defends’ Nicholas Lim and says “Why do people enjoy playing God, in deciding what is enough?””, in theindependent.sg:",
          "text": "We are basically aunties on the “orh hor” bandwagon who name and shame.",
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          "ref": "2019 August 30, Dennis Chen, “Should Older and Younger Singaporeans Just Agree to Disagree About Vulgarities?”, in ricemedia.co:",
          "text": "Over a work lunch, I conducted a casual experiment and recorded a grand total of 7 fucks given in the span of an hour. So to many Singaporean Chinese youth, the first response by Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam felt like a father chiding a child:\n“Orh hor, you say four-letter word!” […]",
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          "ref": "2023, Kristian-Marc James Paul, Myle Yan Tay, Mysara Aljaru, Brown is Redacted: Reflecting on Race in Singapore, Ethos Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Children sometimes know that making fun of someone on the basis of their race is wrong, and other children might jump in with, \"Orh hor, racist,\" to intervene or signal to the offender that they had gone off-limits.",
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        "(Singapore, Singlish, childish, humorous, colloquial or sarcastic) An interjection expressing disapproval, used to tease someone who has done something wrong, subsequently getting themselves into trouble."
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          "word": "tsk tsk"
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          "text": "We are basically aunties on the “orh hor” bandwagon who name and shame.",
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          "text": "Children sometimes know that making fun of someone on the basis of their race is wrong, and other children might jump in with, \"Orh hor, racist,\" to intervene or signal to the offender that they had gone off-limits.",
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