kiasu

Afraid of "losing out" to other people.

These parents are so kiasu! School hasn't started yet for their Primary One children and they're already buying tons of assessment books.

by Dissipate April 04, 2004

fallacious

Function: adjective
1 : embodying a fallacy
2 : tending to deceive or mislead : DELUSIVE
- fal·la·cious·ly adverb
- fal·la·cious·ness noun

(Merriam-Webster)

1 : a fallacious assumption
2 : fallacious testimony

by Dissipate May 12, 2004