โคมลอย
Thai
Pronunciation
Orthographic | โคมลอย o g m l ɒ y | |
Phonemic | โคม-ลอย o g m – l ɒ y | |
Romanization | Paiboon | koom-lɔɔi |
Royal Institute | khom-loi | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /kʰoːm˧.lɔːj˧/(R) |
Adjective
โคมลอย • (koom-lɔɔi)
- (slang, of information, data, news, etc) groundless; baseless; nonsensical.
Usage notes
- Originated from Punch, an English newspaper in the reign of Chulalongkorn (1868–1910), of which the front page featured a lantern picture and which often presented jocular stories from the West.[1]
References
- ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน (2012) สำนวนไทย ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน (in Thai), 2nd edition, กรุงเทพฯ: ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน, →ISBN, pages 16–17
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