Cacat, pronounced as ‘cha-cha-ad,’ means handicapped, incapacitated, disabled, mental or physical disablement. During informal conversations, we tend to exclaim or remark how ‘cacat’ something is, denoting that the subject of conversation is inefficient or incapable of producing results. In our multi-racial society, the origin of this word in the Malay language, has somewhat evolved to a multiple meaning word that’s used to describe a multitude of things EXCEPT the real thing. Here are some of the instances I’ve found this word being used:-
“Cacat!” said with conviction denotes that the person on the receiving end is not handicapped but behaves like a twat.
“Why you so cacat?” said with disbelieve, denotes that the person making this statement is actually amazed at the incapacity of the person in question, of handling situation or matter at hand. Usually implicates that the person is really asking, “why can’t you understand? Cacat.”
“Don’t make it cacat!” usually means don’t distort the object to the point of being unusable.
“He went all cacat & started to scream!” usually said by Pastor to explain condition of demon-possessed fellow being brought in for deliverance.
“That cacat took all my money & disappeared!” A swindle described by businessman to his peers.
“Your thing is cacat…” No, not the kind of thing you are thinking about, it’s the repairman telling of the irreparable or out of order object.
“You’re so cacat…” signifies how selfish/inconsiderate/self-centred/egotistical you are but worded in this manner so as not to be too offensive.
“Don’t act cacat…” means stop pretending.
“The cacat of cacats!” is the indescribable, unmatchable, incontestable, incomprehensible confidence trickster of all time. The king of Cacats.
Jeff Ooi is cacat. He doesn’t know that his favourite Hai Peng Coffee can be found in Taman Tun.
TV Smith is even more cacat. He finished the Welsh Rarebit & Kaya Toast when I was not looking.
“Cacaaaaaattttttttt!” said between friends, usually means we acknowledge that we must be cacat to be friends. In conclusion, we are living in a world of cacats, with varying degree of cacatdom, each struggling to find their own recesses in society to be fitting & in hope to stand out a little cacater than usual to get noticed & get accepted. Of course, due to the uniqueness of individuals, no two cacats are alike. To fully comprehend why we were ‘fearfully & wonderfully created,’ we must first accept all the cacats in the world just as Christ had accepted & forgiven all the cacats ever lived. My, what a task I have to undertake to be a disciple fighting the cacats & loving the cacats at the same time…! And it goes without saying, it takes a Cacat to know a Cacat!
From the Supreme Highness Empress of Cacat,
the pummkin
Cacaaaaaattttttttt! 🙂 TV
there is also cacat-ed.. cacatfied.. some glam in our use of language. He looks cacated, denoting the act of someone/thing making him look cacat. spastic too, is often used without reference to its real literal meaning.
Hehe…Cacat is a really versatile word. I use it in every occasion possible! 🙂
P.S. I like reading your blog. You write really well. Keep writing ok? 🙂
Hahaha! To God be all the glory! Since He made the cacat in me that caused other cacats to flourish, He should be able to take the cacat out of me to cause other cacats to be more like Him! God is the ONLY non-cacat here. Whoever you may be, you must be cacat to read my blog too…! Cacaaaaaaatttttt!!!!
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recently i used a politically correct improvisation of the word cacat. the word is special.
for e.g.
“waaah u’re so special” *act spastic*
[…] “Cha’at! (how I call TV Smith), we have to deploy now!!!” He looked at me with agreement and an understanding that required no words of response. Without wasting our time, Er-Win began to unfold the inflatable kayak and pumped it full. He came along this rescue being a qualified lifeguard and is a pharmacist by profession. He had dived with me on several trips and we have some kind of understanding on how to communicate in the water but for this operation, we had to rely on intuition and good common sense. […]
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