Singaporize
English edit
Etymology edit
From Singapore + -ize. The former is from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋ.ə.pɔˌɹaɪz/
- (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈsiŋ.əˌpɔ.ɹaɪz/
Verb edit
Singaporize (third-person singular simple present Singaporizes, present participle Singaporizing, simple past and past participle Singaporized)
- To make or become like Singapore.
- 1996 July 27, Spiros Triantafyllopou, “Misc.kids.moderated - My (long,aimless,self-serving) thoughts”, in misc.kids (Usenet):
- If we're going to self-Singaporize the newsgroup to the status of an AOL chat room, forget it. It does not work.
- 2007 October 13, “How to cook instant Roti Prata”, in Decay On Net[1] (blog), archived from the original on 17 March 2020:
- I need to do something to Singaporize him. Maybe I'll blog about the instant Roti Prata that I usually eat at home.
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Translations edit
to become or make like Singapore