Etymology

kaypoh

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Today it means: Being a busybody, prying into the business of others. Full definition →

Hokkien 家婆
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The story

  1. Hokkien · borrowed from家婆
  2. English todaykaypoh

Borrowed from Hokkien 家婆 (ke-pô).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.