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pang seh en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpʌŋ seɪ/ (Singapore)

Etymology

Hokkien 放生 (pàng seⁿ) to release, to set free.

Meanings

  1. (Singapore, informal) To deliberately miss an agreed appointment, especially at the last minute.
    • Don’t you hate people who pang seh last minute? Like you’ve got everything planned out, plan to have good time, lookin forward then suddenly boom, everyone pang seh last min…. 2007-12-05, redstone, “Pang seh”, in SgForums.com, retrieved 01 Nov 2015:
    • Wau lau, damn shy man, Ah Lian on her wedding day kena pang seh by her husband. 2002, The Coxford Singlish dictionary, page 84:
    • Again pang seh after I buy tickets to movie. I never ask her to come again. 2003, Samantha Hanna, An essential guide to Singlish, page 69:
  2. (Singapore, informal) To stand someone up.
    • Friends don't pang seh friends! Period. And we know just how to make sure your gatherings happens^([sic])…Watch this space. 2015-01-14, Nando's Singapore, “Twitter”, in Twitter.com, retrieved 01 Nov 2015:
    • Then in the end, he everytime^([sic]) pang seh me and disappear during working hours. In the end, I have to clear a lot of work for him instead. 2007-07-11, Im Allgemeinen, “JJ, Part III”, in WordPress.com, retrieved 01 Nov 2015:
    • They had made a pact to attend Raffles Junior College together and while my nephew obliged for a while, he made an early exit and left Julian feeling that he had been “pang seh-ed” (let down) by his best friend. 2010-03-10, Belinda Wee, “Thaddeus’ pals”, in Go, Thaddeus!, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2016: