aksi borak

adjective

Stuck up; haughty.

OriginMalay aksi →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. SingaporeSinglishStuck up; haughty.

    2017, Gwee Li Sui, Spiaking Singlish 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!

    1 more example

    […] aksi borak with me, okay? What executive policy, policy? You think you slang-slang a bit I scared, is it? Bloody fool!

    1994, Michael Chiang, Private Parts & Other Play Things, page 242

Origin

  1. Malayborak“chit-chat”
  2. Malayaksi“action; brag”
  3. Englishaksi borak

Malay aksi (“action; brag”) + Malay borak (“chit-chat”).

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APA

aksi borak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aksi%20borak

MLA

“aksi borak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aksi%20borak. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aksi borak,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aksi%20borak.

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