Chinese

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to fool; to deceive; to swindle shrimp cracker; prawn cracker
trad. (呃蝦條) 蝦條
simp. (呃虾条) 虾条
Literally: “to swindle shrimp crackers”.

Etymology

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Pun on the near homophonous vulgar phrase (ngaak1 hai1 diu2, “to fool a girl into having sex with one”, literally “to swindle a vulva in order to fuck it”).

Pronunciation

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Phrase

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呃蝦條

  1. (Cantonese, minced oath, euphemistic, sometimes humorous) to fool a girl into having sex with one