suay

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Min Nan 衰 (soe).

Adjective

suay (comparative more suay, superlative most suay) (Singapore, colloquial, Singlish)

1. unlucky, unfortunate
   • 2003 December 12, jay, “tolkien would turn over in his grave.......”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

     You want to seem like you've actually read all 3 books, but — damn suay — even The New Paper is too 'cheem' for you. Neh'mine!

References

• Lee, Jack Tsen-Ta (2002) “suay”, in A Dictionary of Singlish and Singaporean English‎^[2]

Anagrams

• Yaus, ayus, suya