2003 November 16, Suzanne Sng,The Sunday Times, Singapore, page16:
[B]y then, it was too late, and I just told myself, ‘Yalor. He’s right.’
2020 December 1, Eve Lock, quoting Marcus, “Many Of Us Will Save For A Wedding, But Not Retirement”, inricemedia.co[1], archived fromthe original on8 August 2024:
We had no income, so just eat at Koufu or Kopitiamlor.
2023 January 3, Hykel Quek, quoting Marcus, “3 Ways To Respond to Authority, According to a Fierce (but Resigned) Hougang Uncle”, inricemedia.co[2], archived fromthe original on25 May 2024:
Within a minute, Hougang uncle moves from denial, anger, and bargaining to “oklor I’ll just remove them”—a quintessential Singaporean pattern of resignation.
Used to suggest that there is an obviousanswer or logicalsolution to something.
Youlor, or else still got who? ―It’s obviously youthen.
Then tell himlor. ―You go and tell himthen.
Take a cablor, easier this way. ―Just take a cab, it’s easier this way.
2009,Jean Tay,Boom, Epigram Books,→ISBN, Act I, scene viii, page41:
young mother: You never told me you had so much money... You sure you can afford this? young father: No need to worry about that. Not enough then borrowlor.
2022 July 21, Sophie Chew, quoting Visakan Veerasamy, “Afraid of ‘Saying the Wrong Thing’ About Racism? Speak Up Anyway.”, inricemedia.co[3], archived fromthe original on19 July 2024:
I didn’t go to uni, just picked up the language organically from conversations around me. Twitter/Facebook, friends, news, etc … Anything I wasn’t sure of, just Googlelor.
2018 September 17, Pan Jie, “Why Do We Greet Each Other By Asking, ‘Have You Eaten?’”, inricemedia.co[4], archived fromthe original on2 October 2024:
It’s true for me, at least. Friends under interrogation insist that ‘Have You Eaten?’ is very much alive, but when asked to recall their last encounter, answers invariably skew towards inter-generational anecdotes. “Relativeslor” is the top reply, and “Small-talk with taxi drivers” emerged as a runner-up because many feel compelled to make conversation after the initial “PIE or CTE?” decision.
2024 February 6,Carrie Tan, “Advancing Mental Health”, inParliamentary Debates: Official Report (Parliament of Singapore), volume95:
As a facilitator, I often ask the participants: how are you feeling now? And often, the replies I get are: "Okaylor", "Like thatlor".
Used to reinforce an opinion, sometimes in asarcastic manner.
Sorrylor. ―(sarcastic) Oh I’m so sorry!(begrudgingly) OK! I'm sorry!
2017 November 10, “‘Sorry ... what do you expect?’ says former top policeman on trial for Occupy assault”, inSouth China Morning Post[5],→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on27 November 2022:
A retired senior police officer in Hong Kong on trial over the assault of a bystander during the 2014 Occupy protests said “sorrylor” for his actions in court on Friday, admitting that he hit his accuser with a baton on instinct.
