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adj
Drunk or inebriated, or appearing so; tipsy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, Singlish
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name
Initialism of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: Oxford University
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noun
Initialism of structured exception handling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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History
From Hokkien or Teochew. Its exact origins are unclear, possible etymologies include: * Hokkien 逝 (sē, “to pass away”), which may have been used as a hyperbole to describe someone who has passed out. * Hokkien 垂垂 (sê-sê, “(literary) to droop, to hang low”). * Clipping of Taiwanese Hokkien 馬西/马西 (má-se, “tipsy”). This is unlikely, considering that it is not a term found in Singaporean Hokkien.
