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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Singapore, colloquial, humorous) the study of dating, courtship..
2012, June 14, Jia Yiing Ho, Paktology Lesson 1: Communication, blog entry I welcome you to be my Paktology coursemate via email http://jiayiing87.blogspot.sg/2012/06/paktology-lesson-1-communication.html
2015, February 13, Unnamed, First Vday together? Then stay away from These 5 Movie types, online Years of research in the scientific field of 'paktohlogy' have shown that horror movies are the best to watch on a date. http://www.hitz.fm/Features/Trendings/Trending-on-hitz/First-Vday-Together-Then-Stay-Away-from-These-5-Mo
2016, May 9, Gwee Li Sui, SinGweesh on Wednesday: Horrigible, online So “paktorlogy” is the science of courtship – simple, right? https://web.archive.org/web/20160410201423/http://themiddleground.sg/2016/03/09/singweesh-22-horrigible/
Paktology: the name of the dating game, from “pak tor” (Cantonese) to “go steady, smooch and whatever turns you on”. https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=cM3hBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT24&lpg=PT24&dq=paktology&source=bl&ots=HerE0jTxM&sig=PsE1zlaXjnwNKkw1cO1jSHp610E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi16YK8jvTLAhULUY4KHcTZAOg4ChDoAQgjMAM#v=onepage&q=paktology&f=false
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Paktorlogy means (Singapore, colloquial, humorous) the study of dating, courtship..
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2012, June 14, Jia Yiing Ho, Paktology Lesson 1: Communication, blog entry I welcome you to be my Paktology coursemate via email http://jiayiing87.blogspot.sg/2012/06/paktology-lesson-1-communication.html
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