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1. MalaysiaSingaporeSinglishNo choice; it cannot be helped; there’s no other way.

   Eh, if cannot finish the work then bo bian must stay back

   2011 August 21, Kirsten, “It's Singlish Lah!”, in SEA Youth Say So, retrieved 22 Oct 2015

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   In Singapore, there is no choice being one of the world’s twenty smallest countries. Boh pien ah.

   2006, Stuart Lloyd, Gone Troppo: Hot Babes, Warm Weather, Cold Beer. Paradise!, Monsoon Books, page 13

   I have been sleep deprived for the past few days, and a friend who knows about it just sent me an online message: “Notti (lingo-speak for naughty) ah…still don’t sleep.” My reply, “Bobian (Singaporean-English term for no choice), I’m a workaholic…”

   2013, Lena Chen, EFT Meditations, Trafford Publishing, page 8

   He already paid for my ticket so even if I was busy, boh pien, I would have to go.

   2015 September 22, CLEO MAGAZINE, “11 WORDS THAT EVERY SINGAPOREAN WOULD UNDERSTAND”, in CLEO, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2016