'cher
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
'cher (plural 'chers) (Singapore, informal, Singlish)
- a teacher (a person who teaches in a school)
- 1998 August 14, mrbrown, “The Great Singlish/Singapore Dialect Dictionary”, in mrbrown.com[1]:
- Student A: "Cher cher! Can I go to the loo?" Teacher: "Go lah go lah!".
- 2014, Joshua Goh, TheSmartLocal, 2 May (http://www.thesmartlocal.com/read/singapore-slang-2)
- Teacher: WHO DID THAT? B: Cher cher, him! I saw! *points to A*
- 2014, Manoj Harjani, Chapalang Magazine, 9 Mar (http://www.hellochapalang.com/playing-cher/)
- I suppose it was a lot better than being addressed as ‘cher, but at the time I kept wishing I had ended up in a junior college instead.