usually if melatah is from malay auntie. rarely see malay uncles melatah. summore somehow weird is will melatah bad word like "ehh bodo bodo bodo" or "eh connect connect connect"

chinese auntie i rarely see melatah one like "ehh see bye see bye"

angmoh also rarely hear melatah like "ehh damnit damnit damnit"

Some pondan also got melatah

TS got too much free time? Isu PATI dah selesai ke belum?

It's an art. Stlobeli don't simply acquire this.

Melatah is the next best thing...

Excuse to curse, or dropped on the head as a child

rm200 each setel

rarely meet pondan so not sure

precursor to Tourette's....

nagging

heard alot malay female doing it before mco.

will startled of anything and said "eh mak ai" or something

totally dumb thing to do

This post has been edited by JungWoo: Apr 30 2022, 02:10 PM

minor hysteria

What is melatah?

Is it nagging?

Yes

No translation. But its like when makcik terkejut then they will auto spew out a string of words that usually got some cursing involved. Like...

Oh mak ko biru bawak Grab pandu bmw hijau...

Not nagging la

Some aunties in Thai also got something similar we call บ้าจี้

rambling

Closer, but it's specifically triggered by like a fright or shock. And as its uncontrollable, some ppl say its almost like Tourettes.