tok cork
v.— «Tok Cork, TOk Cork you the best./Singnet Singnet is the best/You better shut your trap/if not i let you eat my cat!» —“Re: My story with Singnet (rev. 1.1)” by Andy Chan Usenet: soc.culture.singapore Mar. 14, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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