An insult usually said or directed towards your close friend. Preferably Vietnamese friend.
Also usually used to just curse at anyone who are friends with any Vietnamese.
This can also be compared to people saying Hi Mang because that is how a Vietnamese say Hi to their friends.
Or also compared to people saying "Jesus Christ, I got dumped". Fucken Beng! is curse words as a whole.
It is thought to be first mentioned by the Australian Born Vietnamese that wanted to make fun of their mainlander Vietnamese counterparts.
In short you are Vietnamizing a word or a name. and then use it as an insult.
The typical Chinese guy more commonly found in Singapore. Similar to lian. Dyed hair, listens to techno. Pretty vulgar too. Speaks in Chinese and Hokkien more often than English. And when they do speak English, it may be hard to understand their mangled form of English.
However, there are those few Bengs who are actually pretty highly-educated. But their manner gives it away.
Often think people are constantly staring at them. Sometimes this results in a fight with whoever they thought were staring at them.
The Ah bengs at the void deck are making such a ruckus. And it's 1am now!
comes from the word "kindling," which means "easily combustible material for starting a fire," according to Merriam-Websters Dictionary. Can also be said as just BLANG, being thrown into any random conversation to mean whatever you choose. When pronouncing krem-blang, make sure to put a lot of extra emphasis on the "blang."
Example 1
person 1: Could you go collect some kindling for the fire?
person 2: krem-blang?
person 1: no, kindling.
person 2: That's what i said, krem-blang.
Example 2
person 1: that song is off the hookmane, BLANG!
person 2: yeah blang, I blang love blang that blang song blang!
person 1: Blang.