mampus meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

mampus

noun

Etymology Origin unknown.

British, Dialectal A large number.

No doubt a mampus of folk of our own rank will be down here in their carriages as soon as 'tis known.1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter III, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), page 33:

adj

Singapore /mʌmpos/

Etymology Borrowed from Malay mampus (“to die, to perish, to be wiped out”).

Singapore, Informal finished, wiped out, kaput.

"Oh, my wife is such a shrew. No wonder I can't stay with her!" Mampus, you're finished!1985, The Straits Times [newspaper]
Luckily, there were not in US dollars. If they were, mampus.1998, unknown author, Singapore Business, page 123:

4 more examples

Advertlets? 2 months still haven’t received?!?!?! OMG. I just cashed out mine like last week. MAMPUS. Like this December then get?2008 June 29, Khairul Neezam, “khaaaa-zaaam!”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 07 Feb 2013:
Don't be [surprise] if I am using "Sure mampus", [s]o lembap or etc in this blog..2009, Muhammad Norsina Zalin, My Name is Sina: Hi…, [blog]
Mampus! The recipe was in my family for seven generations! Now my unborn grandchildren will never get to enjoy this sedap dish with their multi-racial friends.2010, Dream Academy, [advertisement]
Mampus lah. How can immature females be allowed to choose their own life partner?2013, William Gwee Thian Hock, A Baba Boyhood: Growing Up During World War 2, page 205 [book]