Manglish refers to the colloquial

Colloquialism

A colloquialism is a word or phrase that is common in everyday, unconstrained conversation rather than in formal speech, academic writing, or paralinguistics. Dictionaries often display colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq. as an identifier...

 form of Malaysian English, a very common spoken form of English in a casual or informal setting in Malaysia. It is essentially an English-based creole, with vocabulary and grammar influenced by other languages spoken in Malaysia - Malay

Malay language

Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...

, Hokkien

Min Nan

The Southern Min languages, or Min Nan , are a family of Chinese languages spoken in southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, and southern Zhejiang provinces of China, and by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora....

, Mandarin, Cantonese and Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

. The use of Manglish is discouraged at schools, where only Malaysian Standard English is taught.

Many Malay

Malay language

Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...

 and Malaysian words or phrases that describe Malaysian culture

Culture of Malaysia

The Culture of Malaysia draws on the varied cultures of the different people of Malaysia. The first people to live in the area were indigenous tribes that still remain; they were followed by the Malays, who moved there from mainland Asia in ancient times...

 have become part of Malaysian English. For instance, although kampung which literally means village is a Malay word, it is often used in Malaysian English literature, everyday speech and sometimes, even in Malaysian media.

General vocabulary

These words are used either in writing or orally.

This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Please note that many, if not most words listed are very localised or almost obsolete today.

A to D

A

• ABC - Air Batu Campur (ice blended with melted sugar, beans, corn and chendol)
• Aci - elderly Indian woman
• Ah Beng - Young Chinese male yuppie
• Ah Lian - Young Chinese female yuppie
• Ah Long/Along - loan shark
  Loan shark
  A loan shark is a person or body that offers unsecured loans at illegally high interest rates to individuals, often enforcing repayment by blackmail or threats of violence....
  
  , from Cantonese, 阿隆
• Ahmad/Ahmed - common name for Muslim Malay, but use to denote hired driver
• aiyoo/aiya - to express frustration. The former's from Indian, the latter Chinese, from Mandarin-哎哟/哎呀.
• amoi/amoy - Chinese girlfriend
  Girlfriend
  Girlfriend is a term that can refer to either a female partner in a non-marital romantic relationship or a female non-romantic friend that is closer than other friends....
  
  , from Hakka-阿妹.
• apartment
  Apartment
  An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
  
   - a medium-cost and high-cost flat with veranda/balcony.
• apek - elderly Chinese man, from Hokkien-阿伯
• apa kes - What's up? or when spoken in an angry tone "What's wrong with you?"
• aqua/ah kua - Derogatory term for transsexuals
• attack - attach (email)
• ATM - automated teller machine
  Automated teller machine
  An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
  
  .
• awek - girlfriend
  Girlfriend
  Girlfriend is a term that can refer to either a female partner in a non-marital romantic relationship or a female non-romantic friend that is closer than other friends....
  
  .
• aisey man - "I'll say, man." Used to express frustration.
• angau - lovesick, or in deep affection with someone/thing
• angmor - [omit the r sound when pronounce] westerner, from Hokkien-红毛
• angpau - red packet with money to be given on Chinese New Year or during some occasion like wedding, birthday party and so on as a wishes to the receiver, from Hokkien-红包

B

• ban- hit/whack (from Cantonese)(e.g.: ban 9 7 you - hit/whack you heavily)
• blue
  Blue
  Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
  
  
  • a brawl or heated argument (for example "they were having a blue"), similar to the British word "barney".
  • offensive ("blue language").
  • porn reference ("blue movie", "layan blue").
• balak - boyfriend
  Boyfriend
  A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed relationships, where other titles A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed...
  
  
• bapok - transvestite, sissy
• botak- bald-headed
• blur - confused/slow-thinking.
• bodoh - stupid
  Stupidity
  Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense. It may be innate, assumed, or reactive - 'being "stupid with grief" as a defence against trauma', a state marked with 'grief and despair...making even simple daily tasks a hardship'....
  
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• bohsia - young female slut, literally means 'no sound' ("boh" - No "sia" - Sound) from Hokkien
  Min Nan
  The Southern Min languages, or Min Nan , are a family of Chinese languages spoken in southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, and southern Zhejiang provinces of China, and by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora....
  
  
• bohjan - Young boyfriend of 'boh sia' (aforementioned female, jailbait, promiscuous slut)
• brinjal - eggplant.
• build board - billboard
  Billboard
  Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
  
  

C

• cantik - beautiful
  Beauty
  Beauty is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning, or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics, sociology, social psychology, and culture...
  
  .
• ceramah - public speech.
• ceti haram - loan shark (Indian)
• chao/chow - goodbye/see you.
• chop - stamping with a rubber stamp, as well as the rubber stamp itself.
• cilok - weaving through traffic.
• Cik - Miss
  Miss
  Miss is an English language honorific traditionally used only for an unmarried woman . Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of mistress, which was used for all women. A period is not used to signify the contraction...
  
   (a Malay title used to address unmarried women).
• cincai - informal, sloppy, also used denote anything as in "cincai-lah = anything goes/ anything is fine, whatever"
• condominium
  Condominium
  A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights...
  
   - a high-rise flat
  Apartment
  An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
  
   typically high-cost with veranda and other facilities.
• comot - messy
• convoy - To travel together on roadtrips or long drives
• cut (other vehicles) - to overtake
• Cibai/chibai - pussy (F**k) [ Hokkien ]

D

• dadah - illegal drug
  Drug
  A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in drug control law, government regulations, medicine, and colloquial usage.In pharmacology, a...
  
  s
• dang - damn.
• deco - decoration
  Interior design
  Interior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an effective setting for the range of human activities are to take place there. An interior designer is someone who conducts such projects...
  
  .
• DeepaRaya
  DeepaRaya
  DeepaRaya is a name for the Deepavali and Hari Raya festivals, which are traditionally celebrated by ethnic Indians and Malays respectively in Malaysia as well as in Singapore. The word came about because of the occasional coincidental timing of the Hindu festival Deepavali and the Muslim festival...
  
   - a portmanteau denoting the Deepavali and Hari Raya Aidilfitri festival
• demo - demonstration
  Demonstration
  Demonstration may refer to:* Demonstration , a political rally or protest* Demonstration , a conclusive mathematical proof* Demonstration , a method of teaching by example rather than simple explanation...
  
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• depa - they, generally used in Kedah, Perlis and Pulau Pinang.
• diu/tiu - f**k, from the Chinese word 屌
• driver
  • someone who drives.
  • chauffeur
    Chauffeur
    A chauffeur is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or limousine.Originally such drivers were always personal servants of the vehicle owner, but now in many cases specialist chauffeur service companies, or individual drivers provide...
    
    .

E to K

E

• encik - mister.
• entao - handsome / attractive male 缘投(hokkien)
• expressway - motorway (similar to the expressways in Japan, Korea or China)

F

• flat
  Apartment
  An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
  
   - a low-cost high-rise flat typically without veranda.
• follow - to accompany.
• fi- for

G

• ganja - marijuana
• gwai lou
  Gweilo
  Gweilo or Gwailo is a common Cantonese slang term for foreigners, and has a long history of racially deprecatory use. If there is some racially deprecatory meaning or it is expressive of hate, it is shown by the addition of the adjective, sei or as a prefix: seigwailo...
  
   - Derogatory term for white person. From Cantonese 鬼佬
• gostan - derived from "go astern", reverse
• geng - powerful, From Cantonese 劲

H

• having-in - eat-in at a restaurant
  Restaurant
  A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
  
  .
• haprak- useless, rubbish
• hampeh-useless, meaningles, rubbish
• hang- you, generally used in Kedah, Perlis and Pulau Pinang. Used only to address good friends.
• highway - motorway, roads
• horn - (used as verb) to sound the vehicle horn/to honk
• HP - acronym of handphone, mobile phone
  Mobile phone
  A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
  
   or cellphone.

I

• ikan bilis - anchovies.

J

• jack (someone) - to praise other people to gain interests or favours
• jakun- derogatory term for a person who doesn't know something common
• jangan - don't.
• jom- let's go

K

• kampung
  • village
  • hometown (used as a possessive noun, for example my kampung which means my hometown)
  • acting in a backward/rural way, used as a derogatory term in cities (you are so kampung)
• kai - Literally, chicken. Used to refer to a female prostitute. Cantonese.
• kapchai/kapcai - underbone
  Underbone
  An underbone is a small motorcycle built on a frame consisting mostly of one large diameter tubular component.The stylistic difference between a motorcycle and an underbone is considerable and they are sometimes known as "step-throughs" or even marketed as scooters in the West.The fuel tank...
  
   motorcycle
• kaki/kakilang - friend, company (literally means 'leg'. e.g. "I can't go, I have no kaki.")
• kantoi - get caught in trouble/ to be caught red-handed
• kautim - to finish a task; settle, accomplish or done. From Cantonese term 搞掂
• kay poh chee/kepoh - busy body (for example "why are you so kay poh chee?")
• keep
  • to put away or store.
  • to retain as one's own.
• kepala budak - Normally referred to the size of a woman's breasts.
• kerang - cockles
  Cockle (bivalve)
  Cockle is the common name for a group of small, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae.Various species of cockles live in sandy sheltered beaches throughout the world....
  
  
• kong already - dead or non-functional
• kongmong - confused
• Kongsi Raya
  Kongsi Raya
  Kongsi Raya is a Malaysian portmanteau, denoting the Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri festivals. As the timing of these festivals fluctuate due to their reliance on lunar calendars, they occasionally occur close to one another...
  
   - a portmanteau, denoting the Chinese New Year
  Chinese New Year
  Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
  
   and Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Eid ul-Fitr
  Eid ul-Fitr
  Eid ul-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr, Id-ul-Fitr, or Id al-Fitr , often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting . Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity," while Fiṭr means "breaking the fast"...
  
  ) / Gong Xi Fa Chai + Selamat Hari Raya festival
  Festival
  A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
  
  s
• kuih - small cakes eaten before or after meals.
• kupang - cent (10s based, i.e 1 kupang means 10 cents), generally used in Kedah, Perlis and Pulau Pinang

L to P

L

• lady's fingers - Malaysian/British English term for Okra
  Okra
  Okra is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It is valued for its edible green seed pods. The geographical origin of okra is disputed, with supporters of South Asian, Ethiopian and West African origins...
  
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• lalazai - People who do not have proper job / youngster with terrible fashion style.(from Cantonese)
• lanjiao or lanchau - Penis
• lawak - funny.
• lepak - loiter
  Loitering
  Loitering is the act of remaining in a particular public place for a protracted time. Under certain circumstances, it is illegal in various jurisdictions.-Prohibition and history:Loitering may be prohibited by local governments in several countries...
  
   To Laze, relax, laid back, be slothful
• leng lui - Pretty girl. From Cantonese 靓女
• leng zai - Handsome guy 靓仔
• limteh - Go out drink. From Hokkien 饮茶
• lorong - small lane

M

• macha - Term for male friend, equivalent to English "bro". Originated from Tamil word.
• Malacca
  Malacca
  Malacca , dubbed The Historic State or Negeri Bersejarah among locals) is the third smallest Malaysian state, after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, on the Straits of Malacca. It borders Negeri Sembilan to the north and the state of Johor to the south...
  
   - Melaka.
• mahai - mother's vagina.
• makan - eat
  EAT
  EAT or eat may refer to:* Eating, the process of consuming food, for the purpose of providing for the nutritional needs of an animal* To take a loss in a transaction. The one who absorbs the loss is said to eat the cost of that loss...
  
  .
• mamak - Stall in road side.
• mata - Police
• mau - want
  Want
  The idea of want can be examined from many perspectives. In secular societies want might be considered similar to the emotion desire, which can be studied scientifically through the disciplines of psychology or sociology...
  
   (e.g. "Mau makan?" ; "Want to eat?").
• MC - abbreviation for medical certificate, or sick note in British English
• McD (pronunciation "Mac-D", no "s" sound) - McDonald's
  McDonald's
  McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
  
   restaurant.
• mee - noodles.
• megi - instant noodles, adopted from the Maggi brand instant noodle.
• member - also means a friend.
• menteri - minister.
• Mat Gian - drug addict (male).
• Mat Motor - generic term for Malaysian bikers.
• Mat Rempit
  Mat rempit
  A Mat Rempit is a Malaysian term for "an individual who participates in illegal street racing", usually involving underbone motorcycles or scooters...
  
   - illegal motorbike racer (male).
• Maple'- roadside hawkers
• mata - police (literally: eye)
• Mat Salleh - (Derived from British 'Mad Sailor')A white person or Caucasian. The female equivalent is 'Minah Salleh'
• Milo - generic term for hot chocolate
  Hot chocolate
  Hot chocolate is a heated beverage typically consisting of shaved chocolate, melted chocolate or cocoa powder, heated milk or water, and sugar...
  
   or any chocolate drink, adopted from the Milo brand chocolate drink. Usually pronounced 'meelo' not 'my-lo'.
• momantai - no problem (from Cantonese)
• malu - shy/embarrassed

N

• nah - here (used when giving something to another person. e.g.: "Nah, kotak!" ; "Here, a box!").
• nasi - cooked rice
• NS/KN - National Service
  National service
  National service is a common name for mandatory government service programmes . The term became common British usage during and for some years following the Second World War. Many young people spent one or more years in such programmes...
  
  /Khidmat Negara
• Negri Sembilan - Negeri Sembilan
  Negeri Sembilan
  Negeri Sembilan, one of the 13 states that constitutes Malaysia, lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia, just south of Kuala Lumpur and borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the south....
  
  .

O

• off / close (an electric appliance) - to turn off the switch of an electrical appliance
• on / open (an electric appliance) - to turn on the switch of an electrical appliance
• ong - Having good luck
  Luck
  Luck or fortuity is good fortune which occurs beyond one's control, without regard to one's will, intention, or desired result. There are at least two senses people usually mean when they use the term, the prescriptive sense and the descriptive sense...
  
  . From the Hokkien word 旺
• outstation
  Outstation
  Historically, an outstation was a subsidiary homestead or other dwelling, on Australian sheep or cattle stations which were large enough to have more than a day's travel between different parts of the property....
  
   - out of town
  Town
  A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
  
  /overseas.
• otai-chief,leader, (Old timer)
• otek- Police

P

• padan muka - serves you right.
• paikia - bad guy. (from Hokkien)
• paiseh - shy/embarrassed (from Hokkien)
• pass up - to hand in (for example "pass up your assignments").
• pass motion - defecate.
• pat - see kay poh chee. (from Cantonese)[7+1 theory in networking mean broadcast (by Mr.Ooi from TARC ME division)]
• pei hai - someone who feel numb.
• Penang
  Penang
  Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...
  
   - Pulau Pinang.
• pokai - being broke. penniless.
• pondan - a derogatory term for shemales and transsexuals or effeminate men, the term also covers homosexuals in certain communities.
• Puan - Mrs.
  Mrs.
  Mrs or Mrs. is a honorific used for women, usually for those who are married and who do not instead use another title, such as Dr, Lady, or Dame. In most Commonwealth countries, a full stop is not used with the title...
  
   (a Malay title used to address married women).
• pulun - doing something in a massive scale (for example "pulun download" means downloading in massive scale).

Q to Z

R

• ragut- to snatch
• rakyat - citizen.
• raya - festive (usually referring to Eid ul-Fitr
  Eid ul-Fitr
  Eid ul-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr, Id-ul-Fitr, or Id al-Fitr , often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting . Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity," while Fiṭr means "breaking the fast"...
  
  ).
• remisier
  Remisier
  A remisier is an agent of a stockbroking company and receives a commission for each transaction handled...
  
   - stockbroker.
• rembat- to steal
• rubber
  Rubber
  Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...
  
   - meaning eraser
  Eraser
  An eraser or rubber is an article of stationery that is used for rubbing out pencil markings. Erasers have a rubbery consistency and are often white or pink, although modern materials allow them to be made in any color. Many pencils are equipped with an eraser on one end...
  
   (for example "can I borrow your rubber?").

S

• sakai - aborigine
  Indigenous peoples
  Indigenous peoples are ethnic groups that are defined as indigenous according to one of the various definitions of the term, there is no universally accepted definition but most of which carry connotations of being the "original inhabitants" of a territory....
  
  . Also used as an insult for an uncouth or stupid person.
• sakit adik - A horny person.
• sakit budak - Fond of small children/kids sexually. Pedophile.
• sambal
  Sambal
  Sambal is a chili based sauce which is normally used as a condiment. Sambals are popular in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the southern Philippines and Sri Lanka, as well as in the Netherlands and in Suriname through Javanese influence. It is typically made from a variety of chili peppers and is...
  
   - traditional sauce
  Sauce
  In cooking, a sauce is liquid, creaming or semi-solid food served on or used in preparing other foods. Sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavor, moisture, and visual appeal to another dish. Sauce is a French word taken from the Latin salsus, meaning salted...
  
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• sempoi - simple
  Simple
  Simple may refer to:- Technology :*SIMPLE, an instant messaging protocol*SiMPLE, a programming development system*SIMPLE algorithm, a widely used numerical procedure...
  
  
• send - to take somebody somewhere (for example "I'll send you to the airport").
• seow - from the Hokkien
  Hokkien
  Hokkien is a Hokkien word corresponding to Standard Chinese "Fujian". It may refer to:* Hokkien dialect, a dialect of Min Nan Chinese spoken in Southern Fujian , Taiwan, South-east Asia, and elsewhere....
  
   term meaning crazy.
• sirap/syrup - rose syrup
  Syrup
  In cooking, a syrup is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars but showing little tendency to deposit crystals...
  
   beverage.
• skodeng - to peep or records other's private activities.
• sohai - idiot
  Idiot
  An idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way. Archaically the word mome has also been used. The similar terms moron, imbecile, and cretin have all gained specialized meanings in modern times. An idiot is...
  
   (Cantonese)
• sotong - squid.
• sky juice - plain water.
• slippers - Japanese sandals; as in US and UK "flip-flops", Australia "thongs".
• SMS
  SMS
  SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
  
   - text message.
• SPG - Abbreviation for Sarong Party Girl
  Sarong party girl
  Sarong Party Girl is a derogatory term used in Singapore and in Peninsular Malaysia.It describes a local, solely Asian woman who usually dresses and behaves in a provocative manner, and who exclusively dates and prefers white men. This can be considered a variant of the Pinkerton Syndrome...
  
  . Degoratory term to describe an Asian woman who exclusively dates white men.
• stylo - stylish. Stylo-mylo is occasionally used.
• suey/sueh - having bad luck. From Cantonese and Hokkien word 衰
• si-oh-oh my god Hokkien word
• sia-suey/sueh- embarrassed
• steamboat- Hot pot
  Hot pot
  Hot pot , less commonly Chinese fondue or steamboat, refers to several East Asian varieties of stew, consisting of a simmering metal pot of stock at the center of the dining table. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table...
  
  

T

• tak ngam - Not correct, does not match (Malay : "tak" - No, Cantonese : "ngam" - Correct)
• take-away - food purchased at a restaurant but eaten elsewhere.
• tapau/tarpau-ed
  • See take away.
  • To defeat an opponent in games. Similar usage to the term pwned
• thrice - three times.
• tin
  Tin
  Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn and atomic number 50. It is a main group metal in group 14 of the periodic table. Tin shows chemical similarity to both neighboring group 14 elements, germanium and lead and has two possible oxidation states, +2 and the slightly more stable +4...
  
   - can
  Tin can
  A tin can, tin , steel can, or a can, is a sealed container for the distribution or storage of goods, composed of thin metal. Many cans require opening by cutting the "end" open; others have removable covers. Cans hold diverse contents: foods, beverages, oil, chemicals, etc."Tin" cans are made...
  
  , especially for processed foods. (for example "give us a tin of beans.") Can is usually reserved for soft drinks or beer
  Beer
  Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
  
  /cider
  Cider
  Cider or cyder is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from apple juice. Cider varies in alcohol content from 2% abv to 8.5% abv or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, such as Germany and America, cider may be termed "apple wine"...
  
  .
• tani - drinking spree
• toyol
  • little child-like spirit in Malay folklore who steals valuables.
  • cheat sheet
    Cheat sheet
    A cheat sheet or crib sheet is a concise set of notes used for quick reference. "Cheat sheet" may also be rendered "cheatsheet".Cheat sheets are so named because they may be used by students without the instructor's knowledge to cheat on a test...
    
    s during tests or exams.
• tek- take

U

• U - university
  University
  A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
  
  .

W

• warung - Malay food stall
• wikang - endo
  Stoppie
  The stoppie , is a motorcycle and bicycle trick in which the back wheel is lifted and the bike is ridden on the front wheel by carefully applying brake pressure. It is also sometimes called a front wheelie.-General description:...
  
   (stoppie
  Stoppie
  The stoppie , is a motorcycle and bicycle trick in which the back wheel is lifted and the bike is ridden on the front wheel by carefully applying brake pressure. It is also sometimes called a front wheelie.-General description:...
  
  ) or reverse wheelie

Y

• Yum cha - (Cantonese : Drink Tea) to hang out, to have drinks with friends/family