bojio
You didn’t invite me! Said when friends go out without you.
“You all went for supper last night? Bojio!”
Also: bo jio
Bojio in the Singlish dictionary: what it means, where it comes from and how it’s said.
You didn’t invite me! Said when friends go out without you.
“You all went for supper last night? Bojio!”
Also: bo jio
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You didn’t invite me! Said when friends go out without you. It’s an exclamation.
From Hokkien. Other Singlish words from Hokkien include bo eng, bo hua, bobian and bochap.
“You all went for supper last night? Bojio!”
Singlish has no fixed spelling: people also write “bo jio”.
Yes: it’s one of the answers in the Singlish Wordle, one word a day, the same for everyone.
Liddat’s own words, from the Singlish dictionary: 312 words and phrases, A to Z.
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