Instagram 'slang bank' keeps pace with urban Malaysian speak


'Corner' means entirely something else in Malaysian slang. Photo: MySlangBank

Nothing unites Malaysians like our food. No matter what your background or ethnicity is, the Malaysian food experience is a multiracial one.

So are Malaysian slang words, according to Fazlee Sabbaruddin, one of the people behind MySlangBank, an Instagram page that regularly posts local slang words.

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