bo chup
adjSingapore /bo²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰap̚³²/
Etymology From Hokkien 無插／无插 (bô-chhap, “indifferent; to not care about”).
- p. 17 I guess many people will just act bo chap (don’t care). Nobody wants to confront a criminal and get into trouble.1991 April 15, Tan Ooi Boon, The Straits Times:
- p. 127 People simply bo chap their looks in what was, after all, an all-male working domain. p. 135 bo chap. Simply don’t care.1994, C.S. Chong, NS: An Air-Level Story:
4 more examples
- p. 130 No class Singlish here to stay, / No big shot can have his way / With how people talk, what people say. / Rules are rules: our bo chap mouth refuse / To listen, follow or to choose!2000, Leong Liew Geok, “Forever Singlish”, in Women without Men:
- 2000, Clarissa Oon (quoting Jeffrey Tan), The Straits Times (Life!), 23 September p. 5 When you ask for feedback, there is a certain bo-chap-ness (apathy).
- 2000, Jessica Tan, The Straits Times (Life!), 29 December p. 8 Desperately in need of a makeover, these two not-so-gorgeous but talented damsels definitely bag the most bochap (can’t be bothered, in Hokkien) look prize.
- H6 [A] recent Gallup poll.. found that many workers here have a bo chap (don’t care) attitude towards work.2003 October 17, The Straits Times: