pang seh

English

Etymology

Hokkien 放生 (pàng seⁿ) to release, to set free.

Pronunciation

(Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌŋ seɪ/

Verb

pang seh

1. (Singapore, informal) To deliberately miss an agreed appointment, especially at the last minute.
   • 2002, The Coxford Singlish dictionary, page 84:

     Wau lau, damn shy man, Ah Lian on her wedding day kena pang seh by her husband.

   • 2003, Samantha Hanna, An essential guide to Singlish, page 69:

     Again pang seh after I buy tickets to movie. I never ask her to come again.

   • 2007-12-05, redstone, “Pang seh”, in SgForums.com‎^[1], retrieved 2015-11-01:

     Don’t you hate people who pang seh last minute? Like you’ve got everything planned out, plan to have good time, lookin forward then suddenly boom, everyone pang seh last min….

2. (Singapore, informal) To stand someone up.
   • 2007-07-11, Im Allgemeinen, “JJ, Part III”, in WordPress.com‎^[2], retrieved 2015-11-01:

     Then in the end, he everytime^[sic] pang seh me and disappear during working hours. In the end, I have to clear a lot of work for him instead.

   • 2010-03-10, Belinda Wee, “Thaddeus’ pals”, in Go, Thaddeus!‎^[3], archived from the original on 4 March 2016:

     They had made a pact to attend Raffles Junior College together and while my nephew obliged for a while, he made an early exit and left Julian feeling that he had been “pang seh-ed” (let down) by his best friend.

   • 2015-01-14, Nando's Singapore, “Twitter”, in Twitter.com‎^[4], retrieved 2015-11-01:

     Friends don't pang seh friends! Period. And we know just how to make sure your gatherings happens…Watch this space.

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