toke cork

toke cork
 v.β€” Β«My friends were “toking cork” (local parlance for casual, somewhat nonsensical conversations).Β» β€”β€œβ€˜LINKIN’g Up At The β€˜PARK’dang” by Irwin Yelo CrapGalore (Singapore) June 23, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • it should be “talk(ing) cock”, from the official Coxford Singlish Dictionary. It is also used when rubbishing what somebody said.(talkingcock.com)
    e.g. “You only talk cock, never do any work!”

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