Vox Populi: The truth about half-past-six
Mahathir's description of Malaysia as a
'half-past-six' country
has intrigued a reader and sent him on a search for the origin and meaning of the expression.
Tiga Suku: Tun Mahathir's description of Malaysia as a 'half-past-six' country intrigued me and sent me on a search for the origin and meaning of the expression. A quick Internet search yielded two results:
- The Double Tongued Word Wrester Dictionary, (which describes itself as a 'growing lexicon of fringe English, focusing on slang, jargon and more..." ) has this definition: half-past-six - adj. bad, shoddy, slipshod.
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