Search results for 'sing':

Single Awareness Day (SAD) (noun) : Synonym to Valentines Day but for single people.

Don't forget to send yourself flowers on Single Awareness Day (SAD).

Submitted by: J.C. Moore from Pennsylvania on Feb. 14, 2008 12:54

single white female (adjective) : behaving like a stalker; being overly pushy and forcing oneself into another person's life usually through excessive contact and mimicking; in the vein of Jennifer Jason Leigh's character in the movie "Single White Female"

I had to drop a friend because she was acting way too single white female for me, always copying all that I do and hitting on guys that I was interested in.

Submitted by: Kimberly from Pennsylvania on Jul. 02, 2007 13:08

Singlish

(noun) : a creole of Sinhalese and English

Submitted by: Claude from Sri Lanka on Dec. 14, 2008 22:22

(noun) : a creole language based on English that is spoken in Singapore and that uses vocabulary from English, Malay, Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Tamil and other languages

Submitted by: S.C. from Singapore on Jul. 15, 2008 01:18

(noun) : a mixture of local dialects and English used by Singaporeans

Submitted by: Iris from Singapore on May. 06, 2008 06:48

(noun) : The variety of English spoken by Singaporeans, and typically consist of Chinese-derived interjections like "lah" to round off a sentence.

According to Goh and Lee (former prime ministers of Singapore), popular television shows have made the speaking of Singlish trendy, especially among the young people who make up most of their audience. —Asia Times Online, 28.08.1999

Submitted by: Hung W. Wong from Hong Kong on Oct. 27, 2005 10:16

singsong (verb) : to speak in a singsong voice

"I'm home!" Shay singsonged to her friends as she burst through the door.

Submitted by: CarLawr! from Maryland on Jun. 01, 2008 09:43

singuistics (noun) : Singuistics is "the global science of music lyrics and chants" incorporating knowledge of musicology, speech, drama and music therapy, the linguistics of second language acquisition and media studies.

Singuistic methodology provides a heuristic framework for studying the process of music lyrics and chants acquisition, in terms of learning a mother-tongue as well as learning globally broadcast lyrics and chants. —Barbara Kanter, Applied Linguistics Research Paper, to be used on my website, www.speakiq.com

Submitted by: Anonymous on Dec. 19, 2007 12:44

singulate (verb) : to isolate an integrated circuit from a circuit wafer

We need to remove the film before that wafer is singulated.

Submitted by: Rick from California on Jul. 07, 2008 16:06

singulation (noun) : the process of arranging items in an evenly spaced single column row

This machine uses singulation to evenly load the conveyor. —Unknown, USPS Training, Feb,09

Submitted by: Irvin Bischoff from Indiana on Feb. 18, 2009 17:51

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