Sinkie

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noun

Somebody from Singapore; a Singaporean.

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Meanings

nounSinkie (plural Sinkies)

plural Sinkies

  1. Singaporederogatoryethnicoffensiveslangsluroften self-deprecatorySomebody from Singapore; a Singaporean.

    2022, Gwee Li Sui, The Leeter Spiaking Singlish Book 3: Loanwords What to do? Sinkies suka aksi borak and end up liddat lor. We wan to sound tua ki and end up sounding tua ki in a goblok way. Orbigood!

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    "NS for Sinkies. Jobs for Sinkies also."

    2019 March 14, Jonathan Lim, “Govt to help S'pore companies go global & to cope with foreign worker quota cut: Chan Chun Sing”, in Mothership, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025
adjectiveSinkie (not comparable)
  1. Singaporenot comparableslangoften self-deprecatorySingaporean, of or relating to Singapore (mainly used in a negative or stereotypical manner)
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    While it is possible that users may be more offensive on this forum, much of what is said on the forum matched my offline research where snide remarks about Chinese migrants are made off the record[…] One thread titled "rising trend of sinkie [Singaporean] women pairing up with Ah Tiong men” was particularly telling.

    2025 October 1, Sylvia Ang, Contesting Chineseness: Nationality, Class, Gender and New Chinese Migrants, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN

Origin

From Singapore + -ie.

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APA

Sinkie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinkie

MLA

“Sinkie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinkie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sinkie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinkie.

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