shiok
English
Etymology
From Malay syok (“pleasing, attractive”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
shiok (Singlish)
- great; wonderful; delightful; pleasurable
- 2016, John Chan, Singlish Notebook:
- Use condom? Then not shiok lah.
- 2014 June 23, Jonathan Lim, “17 Singlish words that offer so much more than their English equivalents”, in Mothership.SG[1], Mothership, archived from the original on 25 June 2014:
- Ecstasy? Delicious? Pleasurable? How about just Shiok.