Slang From Your Hometown.

@ spacejunkie
Yups, I think that ad kinda sums up the kiasu-ism in Singaporeans. Well, if you want to see it in an optimistic way, you can say that kiasu Singaporeans are "thrifty". In my opinion, they're simply cheapskate.

Also adding to this list, Singaporeans tend to mix English with our own mother tongue, so it becomes rojak.

Example:

"Let's go makan." Makan is a Malay word for eat.

"Wah, I really cannot tahan that chiobu. She too much uh." Tahan is a Malay word for stand. As in "I can't stand the sight of her." Chiobu is a Chinese word (I'm not sure of which dialect) for pretty girl/lady.

There's a whole plethora of broken English spoken in Singapore. It'll be too much to be stated here.

So, from where I used to live:

Uff-da! - Oh, shit!
Ish-da/Ish-da-feet-a/Ish - That's gross/disgusting
Dontcha know - Don't you know
Ya, you betcha - Yes, you bet (sometimes just 'ya' as in 'yes')

Now:
Howdy - hello
y'all/y'alls - you all
Coke - every fizzy drink ever invented
dem dere/them there - pointing something/someone out
dun - not too sure about this one--It's like, "Dem dere birds dun flown away"

^^I've noticed that too. I live in Alabama and they always ask if I want a Coke. I usually say, "No thank you, I'd like a Sprite, please," and they say, "That's the same thing!" o.O

amaranthine.:

allow - a way of saying 'that's ridiculous' or 'oh my God.'
oh my days - another way of saying 'oh my God.'
sick - cool/great/fantastic
black man - a phrase that a few people use to describe someone who is tough; generally intended as a compliment.
KG 5 - the name everyone gives to our local park. Its full name is 'King George V Playing Fields.'
fit - someone who is goodlooking.

I'm sure I'll think of some more soon.

Some more that I've thought of:

larry - loner
on your larry - on your own (e.g. "I'm going shopping on my larry.")
fail - that was stupid
epic fail - that was really stupid
ledge - short for 'legend'; used as a compliment
bro/bruv - normally said to a friend, often just stuck at the end of a sentence. (e.g. "come on bro!")
towie - originally came from the TV show The Only Way is Essex. Used to describe a typical "Essex" person (fake tanned, tons of make-up, boob jobs etc.)
up north - pretty much anywhere north of London.

Fuckin'...aye! -- I'm extremely annoyed, but I agree with your point.
Ken -- know
The great unwashed -- Ayr United supporters.
Tan -- drink extremely quickly
Dry -- boring
Tank -- someone's who's built or to go quickly i.e: I had to tank it to the bus stop
Pish -- awful. Or pee. Depends on who you speak to.
Belter -- an awful lot i.e: that hurt a belter!
Ginger -- bottle of juice. Usually Irn Bru.
Suave Gav -- used to describe someone who looks like a snobbish businessman
Scott Ellis -- abbreviated name of the playing fields used for rugby practise
The Killie -- Kilmarnock Academy
The Joes -- St. Josephs Academy (AKA worst school on the planet)
The Jimmy -- James Hamilton Academy
The Grange -- Grange Academy
Up the Deanie -- going to the Dean Castle country park.
Hurlford Flood Plain -- used to refer to the hilarious excuse for a ford in Hurlford
Killie -- Kilmarnock
Jimmy v Joes -- nickname for the annual fight that takes place between the two schools.
Odeon -- Glencairn Industrial Estate. Doesn't matter if the thing is huge and doesn't only contain the Odeon cinema, it's the Odeon.
Cross -- a common meeting-place in the centre of the town
Twa dugs -- two dog statues situated at the Cross.
Shortsleeves -- Shortlees area
The Scheme -- general Onthank / Longpark area.

My personal favorite being 'deadass', which promptly means - "believe it / for real! / yes" OR "no way / for REAL? / you're lying"

Is most commonly replied to with; "how can your ass be dead if you're alive?"

tac vom / tac munt -- make yourself throw up as to keep drinking / prevent a hangover e.g. I just tac munted in that garden
The Park -- the local bar
yeah nah -- no
nah yeah -- yes (used less frequently)
oi -- multitude of reasons: to catch someone's attention, to tell someone off, and anything else you can think of

Hot second -- a short period of time ("Give me one hot second and I'll be ready", "You had me for a hot second there")
Feel -- to believe ("I feel like she doesn't care")
The Burg -- Leavittsburg
Statie ("stay-tee" or "state-ee", depending)-- State trooper

Also a lot of people from my city have a peculiar quirk where they place Ns where Ms should be, especially in "ReNember"? No one who was raised her says it as "ReMember".

can't really think of city-specific, more like country specific?
Fizzy drink - soda
Out in the wops - in the middle of nowhere, "the dairy is out in the wops"
dairy - convenience store (I think?)
togs - swimwear
munted - really, really broken, "the footpath is munted"
footpath - sidewalk/pavement
bach - vacation house near the beach
sweet as - cool, okay, "sweet as bro" (not to be confused with sweet ass).
you's - plural of you
she'll be right - everything is fine
heaps - a lot of something

The only thing I can think of is “hot in the tail”. I hear my grandma use it, but when I googled the meaning nothing came up. My family is from the NC/VA areas of the United States. Mainly the country bumpkin areas when it comes down to NC. But “hot in the tail” means a girl that is sexually adventurous before the appropriate age. Or they’ll say “she’s fresh” or “she’s fast”.

I personally always say the phrase “that’s alright, though” or “that’s ok, though” if I ask someone to do something for me and they didn’t do it. When I went to South Korea I got a lot of strange looks from one of my Korean coworkers who aksed me to explain what that phrase meant. And I basically told them it meant : “It’s fine if you didn’t do it”.