how did the term "blur sotong" come about and what does it really mean?

Answer 1

Sotong (adj)
Derived from the Malay language meaning does not know what is going on. Similar meaning to 'blur'. (Sotong is the Malay word for octopus which squirts ink and clouds everything.)
Example: This has been going on for months, didn't you know? Sotong!
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Phrase: blur like sotong /so-tong, ÈstN/ [Mal. sotong cuttlefish, squid] Blur.
1985 Michael Chiang Army Daze 36 [see quot. under Blur.] 1991 Valerie Tan The Straits Times (Section 3), 9 August, 19 blur like sotong – someone totally in the dark as to what goes on. Sotong is Malay for squids. 2003 Neil Humphreys Weekend Today, 13–14 December, 6 ‘Don’t be blur like sotong.’ Five minutes later, my friend was reading an information panel about molluscs when he shouted: ‘Oi, that little bastard just called me a squid!’ [2006 Kelvin Wong (quoting Brian Gothong Tan) The Sunday Times (LifeStyle) (from Straits Times Interactive), 26 November. I used to be called Sotong when I was in school because of my name and my ‘blur’ ways.]
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Answer 2

“You Blur sotong.” Blur meaning gong tao, meaning confused mind, meaning you’re totally stupid and clueless. Sotong means squid. Squids are stupid things who react at any one thing. Put them both together, if you’re a Blur sotong, you’re totally helpless. Go find yourself a corner and hide. Lol. Singaporeans love to be blur especially when told to step up to help with trival things like change a lightbulb or something like that in public. They’d act blur and go, “Huh? is it? Oh, I didn’t know!!!” We love to act blur. It’s a Singaporean thing.

Answer 3

Sotong has 8 legs and moving in all directions when it is at still... it looks like it is fumbling and doesn t know what it is doing...Hence, it is used to describe someone who is blur... "Blur like Sotong" is to illustrate someone who is as blur as a sotong...