Singaporize

English

Etymology

From Singapore +‎ -ize. The former is from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) +‎ पुर (pura, “city”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋ.ə.pɔˌɹaɪz/
(Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋ.əˌpɔ.ɹaɪz/

Verb

Singaporize (third-person singular simple present Singaporizes, present participle Singaporizing, simple past and past participle Singaporized)

To make or become like Singapore.
- 1996 July 27, Spiros Triantafyllopou, “Misc.kids.moderated - My (long,aimless,self-serving) thoughts”, in misc.kids (Usenet):
  If we're going to self-Singaporize the newsgroup to the status of an AOL chat room, forget it. It does not work.
- 2007 October 13, “How to cook instant Roti Prata”, in Decay On Net‎^[1] (blog), archived from the original on 17 March 2020:
  I need to do something to Singaporize him. Maybe I'll blog about the instant Roti Prata that I usually eat at home.
- 2020 March 13, Edward Luce, “The coronavirus: my part in its downfall”, in Financial Times‎^[2], →ISSN:
  If the US could Singaporize on both counts, we could be through the worst within a month.

Related terms

Singaporization

Translations

to become or make like Singapore