kaypoh

comparative more kaypoh · superlative most kaypoh · alternative kepo · alternative kepoh

1. MalaysiaSingaporeslangBeing a busybody, prying into the business of others.

   Hey hey two different matters okay? Our SM already paid so why you so kaypoh?

   2003 December 13, Kaypoh, “SIA air rage passenger ordered to pay diversion cost”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)

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   “My elder sister and mother don’t like me doing this. They would scold me and say I’m kaypoh.

   2007 March 26, Yeng Ai Chun, “A task for a ‘busybody’”, in The Star, Malaysia, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2019

   The slightest noise eg.^([sic]) me opening an envelope, will have him running up to investigate, being very kaypoh (nosey) by nature.

   2007 October 6, William K. C. Kee, “My diva dog, Chai Chai”, in The Star, Malaysia, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2019

   Synonyms: nosy

plural kaypohs · alternative kepo · alternative kepoh

1. MalaysiaSingaporeslangA busybody.

   To get problems rectified, Lim who admits to being a “kaypoh” (busybody), would hassle the relevant authorities.

   2007 March 26, Yeng Ai Chun, “A task for a ‘busybody’”, in The Star, Malaysia, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2019

present singular third person kaypohs · participle present kaypohing · participle past kaypohed · past kaypohed · alternative kepo · alternative kepoh

1. MalaysiaSingaporeslangTo act as a busybody, to pry into the business of others.

   I thought through every angle, then Jesus decides to kaypoh and mess everything up.

   2000, Hwee Hwee Tan, Foreign Bodies, →ISBN, page 236

   2 more examples

   Don't kaypoh so much. Locked door, not allowed to go inside, means don't go—understand?

   2014, Mānoa - Volume 26, page 38

   Puay Sim interrupted, clacking her chopsticks decisively over a slice of fried fish. “If you don't know them, don't kaypoh, Mum.

   2016, Jason Erik Lundberg, The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories, →ISBN