Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Today I discovered...

"liao"

Another undefinable word made up by Malaysians and much too often typed at the end of sentences in online games. The general meaning of the word can be roughly interpretted as "already." The word is commonly thrown around incorrectly and makes it even more confusing

"calafare"

Also cair-lair-fare, calefare, callafair. 1 An actor playing a minor role or bit part in a film or television programme, an extra. 2 fig. An idle person, a layabout; a supporter, a hanger-on. There is truly no such word in the dictionary. Pronounced as “care-lair-fare”, the term refers to bit-role actors, or extras in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. No one can really agree on how to spell the colloquialism, some spell it as “Callafair”, some spell it as “Cair-lair-Fare”. According to the producers, the term “calefare” – literally translated from Latin means to “keep warm”. And since the producers decided to spell it as “Calefare”, we, the calefare, are sticking with it. Nobody really knows for certain how we extras came to be referred to as “calefare”. One theory is that the term evolved from a Cantonese phrase (“chia li fei”) that referred to the lunch packs served to us – tomato rice, curry rice and coffee.


this is wat happens when u mix wif ppl who din't grow up wif u..wakakaka:P

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

:)...

tanyang said...

liao is hokkien
not made in malaysia