chope

v. to reserve (a place, a seat, etc.) Subjects: English, Singapore

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Citations: 1992 Marie Rose Glasmier Straits Times (Singapore) (May 25) “A little extra learning” p. L2-1: She did not think her children needed tuition, but five years ago, a colleague persuaded her to chope (book) a tutor who was a former secondary school mathematics teacher. “It all started when a colleague said: ‘I will chope a tutor for you.’ I said: “But my daughter is only in Secondary 2, she doesn’t need a tutor!’ My colleague said the tutor had taught her three sons and she is choped a year ahead—she has a long waiting list.” 1995 Straits Times (Singapore) (May 4) “Digital Kopitiam”: The dictionary, called Ah Kow’s Ingglish Dicksonairy, carries explanations for words such as “chim,” meaning difficult to understand, and “chope,” to reserve something. 1997 [Very Nice Guy] Usenet: soc.culture.singapore (Apr. 2) “I’m A Failure”: i see all the Very Beautiful Girls all kena choped by all the Very Rich Guys in their Very Posh Sportscars. me—nothing. nothing. nothing. 2004 Hwee Ling verbiage or garbage?:O (Singapore) (May 18) “Of nude bodies and tissue chopes”: Here’s an evidence of tissue choping i witnessed at Ikea yesterday while I was there for kopi…chope—(verb) local slang meaning “to reserve.” Example: It’s free seating at the concert, we need to get there early to chope seats for our group. 2004 [Trish] Purple Ballpoint Pen (Singapore) (June 3) “signs that you’re a Singaporean”: You “chope” a seat by placing a packet of tissues on the chair.

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