Well.. this time I don’t want to talk about celebrities. I am a bit bored over the celebrities’ scandals
and issues ha-ha-ha. I want to talk about two Indonesian popular phrases instead. These phrases are often being used by people in
social media. They are ‘Nyinyir’ and ‘Menye’. I feel that those phrase are interesting
to be talked about because the words are so cute somehow they don’t really have a good meaning.
‘Nyinyir’ means
cynic. It is the way a person criticizes the other
person without mentioning that
criticized person’s name or I can say that it talks about people behind their
back. Usually a person ‘Nyinyirin’ the other person because there was something
bad that caught his/her attention that made him/her really want to give a cynical
comment.
Meanwhile, ‘Menye’
means melancholic. Sometimes ‘Menye’ is symbolized with an emoticon “:3”.
People use ‘Menye’ to express the weakness. It also symbolized a very cute and
childlike wonder girl but it can also refer to a boy. However “Menye” often used
by people in social media for joking around with their friends because it such
a cute word, not for a serious conversation.
Here are
some screen shots from twitter about ‘Nyinyir’ and ‘Menye’. Check these out! ^^
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| Nyinyir |
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| Nyinyir |
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| Menye |
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| Menye |
