Friday, July 10, 2009

Kependekan Itu

Notice how we, Malaysians, have the tendency to give an acronym to any group of words that form an organization / thingy-ma-bobs . The recent hoo.haa. about PPSMI? The acronym that actually stands for Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris. (Did you know that?) KLCC is Kuala Lumpur City Centre. SKMM is Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia, and so on and so forth. I guess, people are just too damn lazy to say the loooong names out loud and most prefer to keep it short and sweet. Thing is, if the acronym had been used for sooo long, the real meaning pun nobody remembers, kan? :)~~

I am also fascinated by how these groups of words are put together to make a short-form of the meaning, if you will. We haven't had quite that many in recent years. I have always had the idea that these special words were "invented" during the P.Ramlee years. Weird, eh? But, that's how I've always imagined it. For example, we have:
KuGiRan = Kumpulan Gitar Rancak
PaWaGam = Panggung Wayang Gambar
Sounds so P.Ramlee-ish, right?

I guess, our neighbours across the Selat Melaka also share the same passion. In fact, I think they have taken it up , one notch higher!
MoNas = Monumen Nasional
Almost everything telah dipendekkan. I am sure, you would have a list of your own. :)

*Updated: 2:30pm
From KucingOrenGemuk's comments - I think this is what it means:
PisGor = Pisang Goreng
WarTel = Warung Telefon
BaLiTa = Bawah Lima Tahun
MuntaBer = Muntah Berak *KOG, gross lah..*
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The next batch of examples would be those that you'd find in you year-end autograph book. You know those ones everybody would sign , especially so if that is your final year in the school. Among my favourites were:

I.T.A.L.Y =
I
Trust
And
Love
You

F.R.A.N.CE =
Friendship
Remains
And
Never
Can
End

And I kept the best for last:

B.U.K.U=
Baca
Untuk
Ke
Universiti

hahahahaha.... Kalau tak baca, tak boleh pergi universiti, ya adik-adik... ;)

p/s: Wanted to keep this posting light, seeing that it's Friday! Yeay!!!! Saya dah penat, almost time to rest before I start my report marathon in the weekends pulak.

-dillz blogging out-

12 comments:

kucingorengemok said...

org seberang mmg rajin - pisgor, wartel, balita - bawah lima tahun (toddlers la kot?)... but my absolute favourite is (sakit) muntaber... u can work that one out yourself! :)

Anonymous said...

My favorite is:
PARAM : Pasar Ramadan

Along said...

I remember those ITALY and FRANCE qoutes. God, that feels like eons ago...ah, tuanya!!

dillazag said...

KOG,
Will update my post with ur input, yeah? :)
Nak make a guess on muntaber - adakah diarrhoea? Hihihi muntah-berak.. *sounds vulgar, sowee*

dillazag said...

k-lynn
My absolute favourite is going to Params... :)

dillazag said...

Along,
Budak2 zaman sekarang ni tak FRANCE ITALY lagi, ke? Hihihihi.. They all ni miss on those cheap fun, lah..

Anonymous said...

neslo ais...mmmm sedap jugak kak

~cik ros

dillazag said...

cik ros,
neslo tu ok lagi, try decipher this one:
lick-mi-ko-te
hihihihi

kucingorengemok said...

yup, correct correct correct (stail peguam tu ckp)

Marliza Radzi said...

indonesians lagi banyak! semua perkataan pun diorang pendekkan. hehe.

dillazag said...

KOG,
so gross... :)~~~
Mana you tahu muntaber tu? Ada experience ke kat Indo? hihihihihi

dillazag said...

AM,
Ya betul!!!! I liked BuLiTa yang disumbangkan oleh KOG itu.. :)