User talk:Shirleybooncr

"TONY" or "tony-fied" is also used in Malaysia as "being neglected or ignored". The origin of this usage began from a boy named Tony, hailed from a small island named Labuan Island of East Malaysia. Tony has often been ignored or 'left out' by friends, peers and teachers since young. Everywhere he goes, it is as if he does not exist. When he is in the crowd, nobody notices him. When he is in class, the teacher calls "Tony...Tony" to take attendance record, even though Tony is sitting right in front of the teacher, he won't be noticed. It is a common scenario, wherever Tony is, he blends to the wall like a wallpaper. These experiences had thereby sparked off the usage of 'tony-fied' as being 'ignore' or go 'unnotice'. Peers and friends started to use sentences such as "I felt so 'Tony' by you guys" (I felt so ignored and rejected or left out), or "please don't 'Tony' me" (please don't left me out), or "I'm being tony-fied today..." (i'm being rejected or ignored today). The list goes on and on. This word has since then becamse popular and spreads around the country amongst the youngsters. (Shirleybooncr (talk) 09:19, 20 October 2010 (UTC))