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Meaning of limpeh | Babel Free

Pronoun CEFR C2
[ˈlɪm˨˦.peː˨]

Definitions

A reference to oneself in the third person, taking on the stance of a superior. Literally, "your father".

Singapore, Singlish, impolite, informal

Examples

“Limpeh run faster than you, hor.”

I ran faster than you.

“Limpeh always see those AH BENGS drive the CiBIC SiR (Ah-re) around with their big spoiler and so many uglweee stickers.”
“Lim peh tell you something – dis year mindef kaciau lim peh, disrupt lim peh eh work flow, now still owing lim peh some marney due to some technicality.”
“Yes, you are very right, you are very sharp! Limpeh like your idea!”
“Lim peh ask you last time study hard become scorer, win scorer ship go Harvoc University, you nebber lisen.”
“Limpeh is honoured that my blog has been recently featured by the king of all Singaporean bloggers – Mr Brown.”
“Welcome to economics 101 with Limpeh. Allow me to break down the concept of round-tripping to you in the most simple way in my kitchen.”
“Come over to limpeh, come over to limpeh. Do you understand what limpeh is saying? If yes say yes, if no say no. Don’t tell limpeh "yes no yes no".”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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