Make Acronyms, Abbreviations and other funny paraphernalia

[rajagainstthemachine]

Basically this thread is meant to be a collection of funny abbreviations or terms that you invent or find relevant to Singapore.
if you find something relevant please feel free to add/update this list.
I'll start with the first

1. LandLor - dude you rent from ( usually comes with an agent fee )

[menudown]

2. ERP - Eternally Raise Prices

[rajagainstthemachine]

haha thats a good one lol

[the lynx]

CMI - cannot make it
"This guy cmi liao."
"7.00am appointment? Cmi la."

kthxbai - OK Thanks Bye

BTSS - bien tai shu shu (pervert uncle)
"Damn, I keep getting BTSS checking out my LinkedIn."

XMM - xiao mei mei (little pretty)
"Come, let's go to Zouk to see XMM."

onz - to indicate acceptance of an invitation/to say that you're "on" for that event
"Your 21st birthday at Zouk tonight? Onz."

[rajagainstthemachine]

whats does PAX mean here? i've seen it everywhere

[the lynx]

You mean "$20 per pax"?

[menudown]

PAX ..passenger.. no?

[rajagainstthemachine]

You mean "$20 per pax"?

yes and max 3 PAX etc etc what on earth does that mean? people approximately?

[the lynx]

You mean "$20 per pax"?

yes and max 3 PAX etc etc what on earth does that mean? people approximately?

In general it is used to mean "person". But if I remember correctly, it originated from UK transport industry to mean "Passenger Allowed in Expenses" or something like "Per Annum Exclusive" for housing.

Need to ask folks like JR8 etc.

http://english.stackexchange.com/questi ... ent-rental

[ecureilx]

CMI - cannot make it
"This guy cmi liao."
"7.00am appointment? Cmi la.";

CMI also means catch my interest, when referring to a Girl, in beng talk

GG .. ?? good game ..

Xfer = transfer ...

[rajagainstthemachine]

RTFM - read the fricken manual

cbf- can't be fcked

[JR8]

PAX is a curiously local thing, in Latin it means 'peace', so that's no help. No one back home would get what it meant if you used it in a property ad.

My wife and I have a custom acronym 'CB'*, that only we will understand if spoken amongst others, it derives directly from the two Hokkien Chinese words that make up the 4-letter vulgarity for a women's genitalia.

Since I've had it aimed at me [albeit to my back] in full, I don't feel unjustified using a coded/sanitised version between me and my wife when the very occasional situation merits it.

* This has risen to an even more encrypted form. CB is the post-code handle for Cambridge city in England. Hence you get 'Jeez, this bloke's a right Cambridge eh?'

[rajagainstthemachine]

STOMP - Some Tom Peeping?

[menudown]

BMW - bus MRT or walk

[ecureilx]

Bus number 11 = walking ..