Etymology Semantic extension of the Malay Jakun, an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the jungles of Pahang, Johor and Negeri Sembilan.
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Singapore, Derogatory, Informal Fascinated by objects, events, or experiences which seem ordinary to others.
A jakun tourist’s worst nightmare…is an idiot who simply cannot see that people want to take photographs & simply stands right in front of the object jakun tourists want to photograph, & lingers around it.2009 February 9, The Jakun Tourist A Jakun Tourist’s Worst Nightmare…:
Yes, it was one of the many jakun moments I had while in Singapore.2013 May 17, Joel Wong, ONE Asia MMA Summit 2013: The Recap:
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And it’s popular foods in Korean culture that apparently so many of our readers are familiar with it all! But of course, we all jakun lah LOL.2015 December 26, The Halal Food Blog, Jinjja Chicken:
Sorry so jakun, need to post a picture of my Uber because it looks like a Bentley.2015 June 26, shaolintiger, Frog Porridge, Chicken Rice & the Journey Home:
I was so jakun with the pen thingy and this happened hehe I feel like a kid.2016 March 18, fatinabilaah, [Twitter feed]:
An ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia.
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An individual of this group.
The savage Malays are the Dyaks of Borneo; the Battaks and other wild tribes of Sumatra; the Jakuns of the Malay Peninsula; the aborigines of Northern Celebes, of the Sula island, and of part of Bouru.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 441: