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Diam

//ˈdi.am// intj, noun, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Be quiet. Malaysia, Singapore, informal

    "Diam lah, you have no gal let alone have a son or daughter."

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of diameter. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  2. 2
    Clipping of diamond. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  3. 3
    the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From diameter.

Etymology 2

From diamond.

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from Malay diam. For some Chinese speakers, this word is reanalysed as a loan from Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam⁷, “silent”).

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