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1. SingaporeSinglishIndifferent, not caring about something, unbothered.

   H6 [A] recent Gallup poll.. found that many workers here have a bo chap (don’t care) attitude towards work.

   2003 October 17, The Straits Times

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   p. 17 I guess many people will just act bo chap (don’t care). Nobody wants to confront a criminal and get into trouble.

   1991 April 15, Tan Ooi Boon, The Straits Times

   p. 127 People simply bo chap their looks in what was, after all, an all-male working domain. p. 135 bo chap. Simply don’t care.

   1994, C.S. Chong, NS: An Air-Level Story

   p. 130 No class Singlish here to stay, / No big shot can have his way / With how people talk, what people say. / Rules are rules: our bo chap mouth refuse / To listen, follow or to choose!

   2000, Leong Liew Geok, “Forever Singlish”, in Women without Men

   2000, Clarissa Oon (quoting Jeffrey Tan), The Straits Times (Life!), 23 September p. 5 When you ask for feedback, there is a certain bo-chap-ness (apathy).

   2000, Jessica Tan, The Straits Times (Life!), 29 December p. 8 Desperately in need of a makeover, these two not-so-gorgeous but talented damsels definitely bag the most bochap (can’t be bothered, in Hokkien) look prize.