paktorlogy

English

Alternative forms

paktology, paktohlogy

Etymology

paktor +‎ -logy

Noun

paktorlogy (uncountable)

(Singapore, colloquial, humorous) the study of dating, courtship.
- 2010, Sylvia Toh Paik Choo, The Complete Eh, Goondu!:
  Paktology: the name of the dating game, from “pak tor” (Cantonese) to “go steady, smooch and whatever turns you on”. [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=cM3hBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT24&lpg=PT24&dq=paktology&source=bl&ots=HerE0jTxM&sig=PsE1zlaXjnwNKkw1cO1jSHp610E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi16YK8jvTLAhULUY4KHcTZAOg4ChDoAQgjMAM#v=onepage&q=paktology&f=false􀀄
- 2012, June 14, Jia Yiing Ho, Paktology Lesson 1: Communication, blog entry
  I welcome you to be my Paktology coursemate via email
- 2015, February 13, Unnamed, First Vday together? Then stay away from These 5 Movie types, online
  Years of research in the scientific field of 'paktohlogy' have shown that horror movies are the best to watch on a date.
- 2016, May 9, Gwee Li Sui, SinGweesh on Wednesday: Horrigible, online
  So “paktorlogy” is the science of courtship – simple, right?

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