limpeh
English
Alternative forms
- lim peh, limpei
Etymology
Special use of Hokkien 恁爸/林北 (lín-pē, “your father”).
Pronunciation
- (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈlɪmpeɪ/
Pronoun
limpeh
- (Singapore, informal, impolite) A reference to oneself in the third person, taking on the stance of a superior.
- 1999, Ken Tan, "", sg.marketplace, 29 October 1999:
- Limpeh always see those AH BENGS drive the CiBIC SiR (Ah-re) around with their big spoiler and so many uglweee stickers.
- 1999, Sophus Lefouque, "", sg.marketplace, 23 November 1999:
- Lim peh tell you something – dis year mindef kaciau lim peh, disrupt lim peh eh work flow, now still owing lim peh some marney due to some technicality.
- 2002, Jack Neo, I Not Stupid, Singapore: Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, spoken by Mr Khoo (Richard Low):
- Yes, you are very right, you are very sharp! Limpeh like your idea!
- 2011 January 11, Singrish King, soc.culture.singapore, Usenet]:
- Lim peh ask you last time study hard become scorer, win scorer ship go Harvoc University, you nebber lisen.
- 2011, "", LIFT: Limpeh Is Foreign Talent, 7 November 2011:
- Limpeh is honoured that my blog has been recently featured by the king of all Singaporean bloggers – Mr Brown.
- 2013, williamlaukl@gmail.com, "", ot email group, 18 September 2013:
- Welcome to economics 101 with Limpeh. Allow me to break down the concept of round-tripping to you in the most simple way in my kitchen.
- 2013, ShiGGa Shay (lyrics and music), “Limpeh (ft. Tosh Rock)”, in LimPeh (feat. Tosh Rock) - Single:
- Come over to limpeh, come over to limpeh. Do you understand what limpeh is saying? If yes say yes, if no say no. Don’t tell limpeh "yes no yes no".
- 1999, Ken Tan, "", sg.marketplace, 29 October 1999:
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