pelik bin ajaib

Malay

Etymology

Literally, "weird born out of magical". The word bin is originally a patronymic marker, but is also used in some colloquial expressions to denote a sense of extremity by bridging two words of similar meaning as in this case.

Adjective

pelik bin ajaib

1. (slang) befuddling, confounding, absurdly odd
   • 2022, Mohd. Haikal Isa, “Pencipta BoBoiBoy dedah negara Islam tolak watak Yaya bertudung”, in Kosmo!‎^[1]:

     “Pelik bin ajaib apabila yang bukan Muslim menerima watak Yaya bertudung tetapi negara majoriti Muslim pula tidak menerima watak itu dengan imej muslimah. Pada awalnya, kami ikutkan kehendak mereka tetapi kini kami tidak lagi tunduk kepada permintaan sebegitu,” luahnya.

     "It is most absurd when non-Muslim [nations] accept a hijab-wearing Yaya while Muslim-majority countries do not accept the character with a Muslim image. We used to bow to such requests but not anymore," [the character's creator] said.