SEAbling

S1E1A1B3L1I1N1G2
/ˈsiː.blɪŋ/

noun

A fellow Southeast Asian person or country.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounSEAbling (plural SEAblings)

plural SEAblings · alternative seabling

  1. InternethumorousSoutheast AsiaA fellow Southeast Asian person or country.

    Thank you Malaysia, our true SEAbling ❤️

    2025 September 4, @TxtdariHI, Twitter
    3 more examples

    The delivery riders who have been on the receiving end of their “SEAblings’” support have taken to social media to express their gratitude.

    2025 September 4, Anna Maria Romero, “#SEAbling support: Southeast Asians, including S’poreans, are helping Indonesians amid widespread protests”, in The Independent Singapore

    SEAblings gotta fight. Thailand is that chill middle child who mind their own biz. Singapore is that overachieving parentified eldest SEAbling that everybody is scared of.

    2025 January 24, @cxingt, Twitter

    made a filipino friend in photography class n he asked where im from n i said indo n he said “i heard what happened in your country” so i said “i heard what happened in yours too” SEAbling moment bro 😭

    2025 September 8, @collectngknives, Twitter

Origin

Blend of SEA (“Southeast Asia”) + sibling.

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APA

SEAbling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SEAbling

MLA

“SEAbling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SEAbling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “SEAbling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SEAbling.

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