If you had trouble appreciating the title, then just blame the generation gap. Or then again, perhaps it's actually a sign of serious aging in process (though I'd rather conveniently subscribe to the former).

I was listening to my four kids having a conversation during our family dinner the other day, and trust me, it was a revelation of sorts. I was equally amused and horrified at the same time; bearing witness to blatant abuses to the Malay Language. Sometimes I too struggled to grasp the meaning of some supposedly 'new' words and phrases that I once thought I've duly mastered. For example: "Hek-eleh ... poyo giler ..."