summon auntie

Singapore/ˈsʌmən ˈɑnti/Singapore[ˈsa˧.mən˦ ˈan˧.ti˦]Singapore[-i˦˧]Singapore/ˈsɑmɑn ˈɑnti/

noun

A parking enforcement officer who goes around public parking spaces to issue parking tickets to illegally parked cars

Meanings

nounsummon auntie (plural summon aunties)

plural summon aunties · alternative saman auntie

  1. SingaporecolloquialinformalA parking enforcement officer who goes around public parking spaces to issue parking tickets to illegally parked cars

    Take, for instance, the summon auntie who dishes out fines to cars parked illegally - she's someone everyone recognizes

    2015 July 10, Lim Min Zhang, The Straits Times
    3 more examples

    Summon Auntie is a Singlish phrase that describes meter attendants, usually middle-aged women, who give parking fines to cars that are illegally parked

    2011 October 18, Willis Wee, “iPhone App Spots Parking Meter Attendants in Singapore”, in Tech in Asia, retrieved 28 Mar 2016

    ‘Summon auntie’ chases off bikini-clad sunbathers at Redhill car park. A video of a female car park attendant chasing off two bikini-clad girls sunbathing at the top of a multi-storey car park in Redhill has gotten people talking.

    2013 October 3, Azilah, “‘Summon auntie’ chases off bikini-clad sunbathers at Redhill car park”, in Yahoo! News, retrieved 28 Mar 2016

    The New Paper recently wrote a story on Feb. 4 about the plight of parking enforcement officers, also known as parking wardens or summon aunties

    2014 February 5, Belmont Lay, “This Will Convince Everybody Why No One Should Ever Become a Summon Auntie”, in mothership.sg, retrieved 28 Mar 2016

Origin

Compound noun formed with the English word summon (see summons, noun) and auntie (“term of familiarity or respect applied to elderly women”).

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