somemore

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From some more.

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈsʌ(m)mɔː/, [ˈsɐ˧.mɔː˦]

Adverb

somemore (not comparable)

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) Moreover; introduces additional information to illustrate a point the speaker is making.
    — Are you gonna attend the lecture tomorrow?
    — No. It's too boring. It starts at 8 a.m. somemore.
    • 2005 July 21, Aku, “Free wifi hotspot”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
      upm has lots and lots of hotspot.can connect to power socket somemore
    • 2006 September 28, averx1234, “Univeristy Of Wollongong (SIM) future/current/students come in!!!”, in HardwareZone Forums:
      UOW better in SIM....good in everything..fourth university somemore.......UOW all the way............
    • 2008 August 11, raindrops, “cavalier king charles spaniel, do you want/have one?”, in Lowyat.NET:
      i always wanted a cavalier king charles spaniel but it is a hard breed to find, somemore quite rare in malaysia.

References

  1. Tan Yan Er (2020 April 13) “On the Semantics of somemore in Colloquial Singapore English”, in mitcho.com
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