summon auntie
noun/ˈsʌmən ˈɑnti/
Etymology
Compound noun formed with the English word summon (see summons, noun) and auntie (“term of familiarity or respect applied to elderly women”).
Definitions
A parking enforcement officer who goes around public parking spaces to issue parking…
A parking enforcement officer who goes around public parking spaces to issue parking tickets to illegally parked cars
- Summon Auntie is a Singlish phrase that describes meter attendants, usually middle-aged women, who give parking fines to cars that are illegally parked
- ‘Summon auntie’ chases off bikini-clad sunbathers at Redhill car park. A video of a female car park attendant chasing off two bikini-clad girls sunbathing at the top of a multi-storey car park in Redhill has gotten people talking.
- The New Paper recently wrote a story on Feb. 4 about the plight of parking enforcement officers, also known as parking wardens or summon aunties
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for summon auntie. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA