May 12, 2016, 04:42 PM 
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has included 19 new "Singapore English" items in its March quarterly update.
This update includes words considered to be
- new senses of common English words, such as blur;
- loanwords from Chinese, like ang moh;
- and Malay, like shiok;
- and formations in English that are only used in Singapore, like sabo and HDB.
OED even included "Chinese helicopter", a derogatory term for a Singaporean whose schooling was conducted in Mandarin Chinese and who has limited knowledge of English.
Here is a list of the 19 words and phrases:
Lepaking
Besides these 19 terms, the OED is crowdsourcing for help from the public to trace the history of two Singapore English words, sabo and shiok, through OED Appeals, a dedicated community space on the OED website.
The public can post evidence online of new information about the history and usage of these words in order to foster a collective effort to record the unique contributions of Singapore to the evolving vocabulary of English.
We're just amused by the official-looking definitions of all these words. Look at this, for instance:
Screenshot from OED.com
Singlish is officially legit, we guess.
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