Meanings
- SingaporeinformalTo deliberately miss an agreed appointment, especially at the last minute.
Again pang seh after I buy tickets to movie. I never ask her to come again.
2003, Samantha Hanna, An essential guide to Singlish, page 692 more examples
Wau lau, damn shy man, Ah Lian on her wedding day kena pang seh by her husband.
2002, The Coxford Singlish dictionary, page 84Don’t you hate people who pang seh last minute? Like you’ve got everything planned out, plan to have good time, lookin forward then suddenly boom, everyone pang seh last min….
2007-12-05, redstone, “Pang seh”, in SgForums.com, retrieved 01 Nov 2015 - SingaporeinformalTo stand someone up.
Friends don't pang seh friends! Period. And we know just how to make sure your gatherings happens^([sic])…Watch this space.
2015-01-14, Nando's Singapore, “Twitter”, in Twitter.com, retrieved 01 Nov 20152 more examples
Then in the end, he everytime^([sic]) pang seh me and disappear during working hours. In the end, I have to clear a lot of work for him instead.
2007-07-11, Im Allgemeinen, “JJ, Part III”, in WordPress.com, retrieved 01 Nov 2015They had made a pact to attend Raffles Junior College together and while my nephew obliged for a while, he made an early exit and left Julian feeling that he had been “pang seh-ed” (let down) by his best friend.
2010-03-10, Belinda Wee, “Thaddeus’ pals”, in Go, Thaddeus!, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2016
Origin
Hokkien 放生 (pàng seⁿ) to release, to set free.
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