peng

noun, adj — 4 senses

peng

noun

/pɛŋ/

Etymology From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鵬 /鹏 (péng).

1

Human sciences, Mysticism, Mythology, Philosophy, Sciences Chinese A legendary enormous bird.

peng

adj

Singapore [p˭eŋ(˦)]

Etymology From Hokkien 冰 (peng, “ice”).

1

Manglish, Singlish, Of a drink Iced; with ice added.

  • Gimme two laksa, one milo peng!1992 February 21, HanLin Goh, “touchy subject”, in soc.culture.asean (Usenet):
  • Mamak, give me a "capati", extra large, bawang banyak-banyak; one ice kacang, two milo peng, tiga teh tarik...1992 August 4, Beng Ting, “Malaysian food”, in soc.culture.asean (Usenet):
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  • *sputters kopi peng across monitor screen*2005 May 14, Ir. Liew, “Re: XX Pc User 2 - usb2COM.jpg”, in tmnet.communities (Usenet):
  • I make various types of hot and cold drinks but the most popular is my kopi peng.2018 August, Trisha N, quoting Everling Ang, “Ang’s ‘kopi peng’ is worth waiting half an hour for”, in The Star, →OCLC:

peng

adj

Etymology Etymology unknown, attested in the UK c. 2000. Documented possibilities include: * From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”). * From a clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute. * From Cantonese 又平又靚 /又平又靓 (jau⁶ peng⁴ jau⁶ leng³, “cheap and also good quality”), see also 平靚正 /平靓正 (peng⁴ leng³ zeng³, “low cost, high quality”), often heard from hawkers in major Chinatowns.

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Multicultural London English Physically or sexually attractive.

  • Spread your chick like a centrefold / 'Cause she's penger than a scented rose.2011, “Bulldozers”, in Ancient Future, performed by Cyrus Malachi:
  • I link for the peng, then I go link for the mud / I just stepped on the ends, sideman don't give me no spud2016, “DPMO”, in Gunna Grimes (lyrics), #FingsOnThings, performed by 86:
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  • I see a peng girl, then I pose (chillin') / If she ain't on it, I ghost2017 September 22, “Man's Not Hot”performed by Big Shaq [Michael Dapaah]:
  • Look at the decors, hello, hola, who is that lengers?2020 October 23, Triggy, “Po’style”, 1:57–02:01:
  • I need me a big bat one, that’s a leng ting […] Baby, baby, hold it down, why not waste, back side brown, no panties under that gown, golden brown, peng, leng, hold that skeng, bad b come link me a ten2021 February 2, #CHR W2rksy x DB, “No Cap”, 1:13–1:16 and 1:59–2:08:
  • Dom (David Jonsson): You know, you're very— Yas (Vivian Oparah): Peng? Refreshingly disarming? Dom: You ask a lot of questions.2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane:
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Multicultural London English Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.

  • It caught me off guard because it was hench. My mind was like, ‘right, this burger’s hench’. I looked at it, right, ‘that look peng’, and it hit me two thirds of the way in, I clocked that the burger was not peng at all, it was just hench.2016 December 9, Adam Boult, quoting Elijah Quashie, “These brilliant videos about London's takeaway chicken shops are a YouTube hit”, in The Daily Telegraph:
  • I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of that jollof is peng right now my dawg!2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips, Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings:
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  • I just hit two cells with my right hand Peng bujj got my fiends all coughing2018 November 12, DigDat, “Air Force (Remix)” ft. K Trap, Krept, and Konan:
Derived terms
peng ting

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