The Words ‘A Little’, ‘Can’ & ‘Kaypoh’ Are Now in the Oxford English Dictionary
The development of language continues to change over time, including the emergence of new words that reflect the way society communicates today.
From the everyday casual conversations of Malaysian people, especially when cooking, the word ‘agak-agak’ is now included in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
According to the dictionary, quit is used in Malaysia and Singapore, especially in cooking.
This means an estimate or guess, not a definite measurement. The word is also often used as a modifier.
The word was first used in the 1970s and the earliest evidence is in the newspaper New Nation (Singapore) in 1975.
Apart from that, the word ‘can’ is also included in the dictionary.
‘Can’ was first recorded in the New Straits Times in 1995.
‘Can’ refers to two meanings involving the use of the verb for the purpose. According to the OED, ‘can’ means having the power, ability or capacity to do something or handle (something) successfully.
Popularized by the advertising slogan Malaysia Boleh, part of the Milo chocolate drink marketing campaign encouraging support for Malaysian athletes during the Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore in 1993.
“The phrase later became a widely used rallying cry in Malaysian sports and politics,” he said.
For use with an exclamation mark it means expressing approval, concession or agreement (‘yes’, ‘okay’).
It is also used interrogatively at the end of a statement, to ask for agreement or confirmation (‘okay’?).
The dictionary also updated the word Kaypoh which has two meanings. As for the noun, ‘kaypoh’ is a person who likes to annoy or tease, a person who interferes in other people’s affairs without being invited, and a person who likes to meddle in other people’s affairs.
As for the adjective, ‘kaypoh’ means meddling, curious and busy.
The word ‘kaypoh’ was first used in 1973 and is a loan from Chinese.
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