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lor^¹

/lɔː˦/ Malaysia, Singapore
/(n)ɔː˦/ Malaysia, Singapore, sometimes
/lɔ˥/ Hong Kong

Where it comes from

From Cantonese 囉 /啰 (lo¹) and Hokkien 囉 /啰 (--lo͘, indicating resignation), which is itself borrowed from Cantonese.

particle loh · lorh · lo

Hong Kong, Manglish, Singlish, colloquial Tagged at the end of a sentence to convey a sense of resignation or inevitability. Next time lor.
Hong Kong, Manglish, Singlish, colloquial Used to suggest that there is an obvious, inevitable or straightforward answer to something. Near-synonym: lah (sense 6)
Similar: lah
Hong Kong, Manglish, Singlish, colloquial Suggests that the reply given is the obvious or expected one. At my house lor.
Hong Kong, Manglish, Singlish, colloquial Used to reinforce an opinion, sometimes in a sarcastic manner. Sorry lor.

lor^²

adjective more lor · most lor · loh · lorh · lo

Hong Kong, Manglish, Singlish, colloquial, slang Little.

Lor^³

proper noun Lors

A surname.

LOR^⁴

noun LORs

abbreviation, countable, initialism, letter Initialism of letter of recommendation
Judaism, abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of local Orthodox rabbi When I repeated this idea to my LOR, he mentioned that he saw it in "Da'as Torah", written by R' Yerucham Levovitz, the mashgiach of Mir.

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@misc{lor_2026,
  title = {lor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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