anyhow whack en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛnihaʊ ˈwɛk/ (Singapore)
- [-˦˧] (Singapore)
- [ˈɛ˧.ni˦.haʊ˦ ˈwɛk̚˦] (Singapore)
Etymology
From anyhow (“carelessly”) + whack (“to attempt something blindly”, Singapore English), the latter a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).
Meanings
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(Singapore, Singlish, invariable, usually) To do something hastily or randomly without real consideration or planning.
Miss Loi always tells her students not to anyhow whack, stay calm and know thy approach before attempting each question.
2007 September 17, “Composite Functions – Anyhow Whack Time!”, in exampaper.com.sg:Imo some durians look the same. Today MSW $18, tomorrow it's $20. How do sellers decide the price? Like anyhow whack one.
2021 July 20, anonymous author, “How do durian sellers determine the prices of the different varieties?”, in seedly.sg:She also makes it her personal mission to advocate healthy eating to strangers she shares a table with at food courts. “(I do so because) I feel sorry for them. I used to be like them, ‘anyhow eat, anyhow whack’, never thinking of the consequences. Some will thank me, but some laugh it off,” she said.
2017 August 25, Toh Ee Ming, quoting Christine Lee, “Self-control, group support help diabetic patients to manage disease”, in Today, Mediacorp Publications, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2024:
- (Singapore, Singlish, invariable, usually) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see anyhow, whack.