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lup sup bar

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Singapore: /ˈlap ˈsap ˈbɑː/

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noun

Meaning 1

A seedy bar that offers prostitution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Singapore

Examples

  • 2005 December 12, Master Cartwheeler, 7 years later.., blog entry All that is lacking is some mamasans walking in with some bar girls holding XO bottles in their hands (would like to clarify that I've never been to a lup sup bar.. but i think this is how it looks like, right?) http://sevenyrslater.blogspot.sg/2005/12/first-time-at-lup-sup-bar-oops-i-mean.html
  • 2013 February 17, unnamed, Singapore Exposed: Singapore Sleaze - Da Lu Music Lounge , blog entry Locals will normally refer to this place as a "Lup Sup Bar", meaning a bar that provides sexual services. While the bar is a legal business entity, the sexual services that are offered are under table and illegal http://www.sgexposed.com/2013/02/singapore-sleaze-da-lu-music-lounge.html
  • 2014 June 5, The Guru, The Guru Project, blog entry 7 in 10 guys* these days are familiar with the term “LapSap Bars”. It refers to establishments where girls from neighbouring countries such as Thailand and Philippines masquerade as hostess. https://theguruproject.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/fw1sp0/
  • 2014 November 2013, CowBoy Johnny, Redwire Times: REVEALED: What Goes on in Singapore’s Seedy KTV Bars, An Ex-Bouncer and Lup Sup Bar Hopper Talk to Redw, online Redwire spoke to one bar-hopper who used to frequent lup sup bars in Duxton when, in his words, it was still an area known for cheap pinoy prostitutes, Chinese pei jiu mei (drinking kaki girls) and high-class ang moh callgirl https://web.archive.org/web/20160727232011/http://redwiretimes.com/cow-beh-cow-bu/revealed-goes-singapores-seedy-ktv-bars-ex-bouncer-lup-sup-bar-hopper-talk-redwire/

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Cantonese 垃圾 (laap6 saap3, “rubbish; garbage”) + bar.