shiok

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay syok (“pleasing; attractive”). Doublet of shoke.

Pronunciation

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA^(key): [ʃjok̚], [-oʔ]

Adjective

shiok (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial)

1. Delightful, pleasurable
   • 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.

   • 2016, John Chan, Singlish Notebook:

     Use condom? Then not shiok lah.

   • 2022 September 15, Dr Gwee Li Sui, The Leeter Spiaking Singlish Book 3: Loanwords, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, →ISBN:

     "Women in Singapore are so beautiful", one contestant blur-blur announced. They are all so shiok!"

Anagrams

• Khios, OKish, hoiks, shiko