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Nitnoy, a Little Thing

Tricia in Cross Oaks, Texas, says that when she was a child, a family friend fondly called her a nitnoy, meaning “a small person.” U.S. soldiers picked this term in Thailand, where nit noi (นิดหน่อย) means “a little bit.”...

hi-so

hi-so  adj.— «Visitors to Khao San Road “are more hi-so now,” says Pattamon Yaidaeng, invoking the local term for “high society.”» —“A Hippie Haven Goes Upscale” by Newley Purnell in Bangkok, Thailand New York...

groundhopping

groundhopping  n.— «Its called groundhopping, and even the hobby’s followers acknowledge it is a little strange.…groundhoppers ticking off matches at this year’s Asian Cup, crisscrossing the region frantically to squeeze in as many...

monkmobile

monkmobile  n.— «A monk shows how he can collect alms and remain protected in a prototype “monkmobile,” developed to protect Buddhist monks in predominantly Muslim southern Thailand from attacks in Bangkok.» —“Armed for...