paktorlogy

English

Alternative forms
  • paktology, paktohlogy

Etymology

paktor +‎ -logy

Noun

paktorlogy (uncountable)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial, humorous) the study of dating, courtship.
    • 2010, Sylvia Toh Paik Choo, The Complete Eh, Goondu!:
      Paktology: the name of the dating game, from “pak tor” (Cantonese) to “go steady, smooch and whatever turns you on”.
    • 2012, June 14, Jia Yiing Ho, Paktology Lesson 1: Communication, blog entry
      I welcome you to be my Paktology coursemate via email
    • 2015, February 13, Unnamed, First Vday together? Then stay away from These 5 Movie types, online
      Years of research in the scientific field of 'paktohlogy' have shown that horror movies are the best to watch on a date.
    • 2016, May 9, Gwee Li Sui, SinGweesh on Wednesday: Horrigible, online
      So “paktorlogy” is the science of courtship – simple, right?
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