koyok

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Pronunciation

[ˈk˭ojoʔ]

Definition of koyok

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noun

(Singapore, informal, uncountable)A phoney or fraudulent item; anything deceptively promoted as genuine or of high quality.

“Whenever I meet Meng Seng, he is always trying to sell me his koyok and recruit me into his Party.”
““I'm here to sell my koyok,” laughed Olivia Lum as she took to the stage and began her presentation on Hyflux Limited, it turned out that the koyok was not some sales pitch trying to sell ice to Eskimos.”
“This is the reason why I get so uptight, so aggressive when someone comes along, talks very well, but sells koyok and puts our country in danger.”

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Borrowed from Malay koyok (“quack medicine”), from Hakka 膏藥／膏药 (kò-yo̍k, “herbal plaster, medicated patch, poultice”).

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