lor
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Malaysia/lɔː˦/Hong Kong/lɔ˥/
lor particle: tagged at the end of a sentence to convey a sense of resignation or inevitability.
Particle
lor
- Tagged at the end of a sentence to convey a sense of resignation or inevitability.
- Next time lor.
- OK lor, go ahead.
- Used to suggest that there is an obvious, inevitable or straightforward answer to something.
- Near-synonym: lah (sense 6)
- You lor, or else still got who?
- Synonyms:
- lah
- Suggests that the reply given is the obvious or expected one.
- At my house lor.
- 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. “Relatives lor” is the top reply, and “Small-talk with taxi drivers” emerged as a...2018 September 17, Pan Jie, “Why Do We Greet Each Other By Asking, ‘Have You Eaten?’”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2024
- Used to reinforce an opinion, sometimes in a sarcastic manner.
- Sorry lor.
- Ya lor / Han nor.
Adjective
lor (comparative more lor, superlative most lor)
Noun capitalized: LOR
LOR (countable and uncountable, plural LORs)
- Initialism of letter of recommendation.
- Abbreviation of local Orthodox rabbi.
- When I repeated this idea to my LOR, he mentioned that he saw it in "Da'as Torah", written by R' Yerucham Levovitz, the mashgiach of Mir.2000 April 24, Micha Berger, “Moshe's Song”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet)
Proper noun capitalized: Lor
Lor (plural Lors)
- A surname.
Examples of lor in a sentence
- Take a cab lor, easier this way.
- Wait till December lor.
- [B]y then, it was too late, and I just told myself, ‘Ya lor.2003 November 16, Suzanne Sng, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 16:
- We had no income, so just eat at Koufu or Kopitiam lor.2020 December 1, Eve Lock, quoting Marcus, “Many Of Us Will Save For A Wedding, But Not Retirement”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the...
- Within a minute, Hougang uncle moves from denial, anger, and bargaining to “ok lor I’ll just remove them”—a quintessential Singaporean pattern of resignation.2023 January 3, Hykel Quek, quoting Marcus, “3 Ways To Respond to Authority, According to a Fierce (but Resigned) Hougang Uncle”, in...
- Twitter/Facebook, friends, news, etc … Anything I wasn’t sure of, just Google lor.2022 July 21, Sophie Chew, quoting Visakan Veerasamy, “Afraid of ‘Saying the Wrong Thing’ About Racism? Speak Up Anyway.”, in ricemedia.co...
Synonyms of lor
Forms of lor
| Particle | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | loh |
| alternative form | lorh |
| alternative form | lo |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more lor |
| superlative | most lor |
| Noun | |
| plural | LORs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Lors |
Origin of lor
From Cantonese 囉 /啰 (lo¹) and Hokkien 囉 /啰 (--lo͘, indicating resignation), which is itself borrowed from Cantonese.
Words formed from lor
Questions about lor
- What does lor mean?
- Lor means tagged at the end of a sentence to convey a sense of resignation or inevitability.
- How do you use lor in a sentence?
- Take a cab lor, easier this way.
- What part of speech is lor?
- Lor can be a particle, an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lor?
- Lor is pronounced /lɔː˦/ (Malaysia).
Words near lor in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lor (page history and authors); LOR (page history and authors); Lor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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