“To punggol” a Very Awesome Verb

December is Rambutan Season So Let’s Punggol!

 

Punggol, also spelt as Ponggol, in Malay means:

“hurling sticks at tree branches to loosen fruits from their stems, thereby causing the fruits to fall to the ground”

 

What an awesome verb!

(Punggol is also a town in Singapore)

Punggol December Rambutan

Daniel Kerson
Daniel T Kerson
AI consultant. Writer. Builder. Based in Singapore for 20 years. He runs three projects at the intersection of technology, language, and creativity.

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