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Pinoy was used for self-identification by the first wave of Filipinos going to the continental United States before World War II and has been used both in a pejorative sense and as a term of endearment. [4] [5] [6] Pinoy was created to differentiate the experiences of those immigrating to the United States, but is now a slang term used to refer ...
Slang terms derived from gago are kagaguhan ("a foolish action" [noun form]), ogag (same meaning as gago), [27] and nakakagago ("to be made to feel stupid"). [ 22 ] Ulol , loko , and sira ulo can be used similarly, but they are not interchangeable; they also imply madness or mental retardation on top of stupidity.
The term Filipino was sometimes added by Spanish writers to distinguish the indio chino native of the Philippine archipelago from the indio of the Spanish colonies in the Americas. [56] [58] [54] The term Indio Filipino appears as a term of self-identification beginning in the 18th century. [54]
Swardspeak (also known as salitang bakla (lit. 'gay speak') [1] or "gay lingo") is an argot or cant slang derived from Taglish (Tagalog-English code-switching) and used by a number of LGBT people in the Philippines.
Pages in category "Filipino slang" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. P. Pinoy; S. Swardspeak
The term came from gugo, the Tagalog name for Entada phaseoloides or the St. Thomas bean, the bark of which was used by Filipinas to shampoo their hair. The term was a predecessor to the term gook, a racial term used to refer to all Asians. [50] Flip – used to refer to American-born Filipinos. The term has vague origins with many hypotheses ...
Swardspeak is a kind of Taglish/Englog LGBT slang used by the LGBT demographic of the Philippines. It is a form of slang that uses words and terms primarily from Philippine English, Tagalog/Filipino, and/or Cebuano and Hiligaynon, and occasionally as well as Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Sanskrit, or other languages. Names of celebrities ...
Promdi is a Filipino slang referring to people from the provinces or rural areas. [30] It is derived from the accented pronunciation of "from the province" and it used to be a derogatory term for Filipinos living outside Metro Manila, who were stereotyped as unsophisticated or socially awkward. [31] [32]