summon auntie
English
Alternative forms
- saman auntie
Etymology
Compound noun formed with the English word summon (see summons, noun) and auntie (“term of familiarity or respect applied to elderly women”).
Pronunciation
- (Singapore English) IPA(key): /ˈsʌmʌn ˈɑːnti/
Noun
summon auntie (plural summon aunties)
- (Singapore, colloquial, informal) A parking enforcement officer who goes around public parking spaces to issue parking tickets to illegally parked cars
- 2013 October 3, Azilah, “‘Summon auntie’ chases off bikini-clad sunbathers at Redhill car park”, in Yahoo! News, retrieved 2016-03-28:
- ‘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.
- 2015 10 July, Lim Min Zhang, The Straits Times:
- Take, for instance, the summon auntie who dishes out fines to cars parked illegally - she's someone everyone recognizes
Usage notes
Commonly spoken and written in colloquial Singapore English (Singlish).
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