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National 4 years ago

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Language body adds subentries to 'perempuan' in KBBI

The definition of perempuan in the latest, fifth edition of the dictionary and its online version has not changed, defining women through their reproductive organs.

Politics 5 years ago

Defining 'woman': Dictionary entry fans flames of sexist furor in Indonesia

The furor over the dictionary entry for the Indonesian word meaning "woman" has emerged as a #MeToo moment against the country's primary language reference book and language agency.

National 6 years ago

‘Millennial’ declared Indonesia’s first ever word of the year

According to the Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language (KBBI), milenial (millennial) is defined as “relating to the millennium” or “relating to the generation born between the 1980s and the 2000s.”

National 6 years ago

Wonder what 'ambyar' or 'julid' mean? Indonesian dictionary has defined them for you

Occasionally you may overhear people gossiping about someone else and they use the term julid, or you come across the word ambyar when you are scrolling through your Twitter timeline and you wonder what the slang terms mean.