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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
Oss also Osu (Japanese: おす or おっす) is a casual greeting in Japanese typically associated with male practitioners of Japanese martial arts such as karate, kendo, and judo. [1] [2] "Oss!" is used outside Japan by some practitioners of Japanese martial arts and derived systems, e.g. Brazilian jiu-jitsu. [1]
Swardspeak or Beki language, a cant slang used by gay communities in the Philippines; Polari, cant slang used in Britain; Bahasa Binan, an argot spoken by gay communities in Indonesia; Gayle language, an Afrikaans-based argot spoken by gay communities in South Africa; IsiNgqumo, an argot based on the Bantu languages spoken by gay communities in ...
Dialect – Any of the languages of the Philippines other than Tagalog (Original meaning: a variety of a standard language) Double-deck — A bunk bed. (Original meaning: something that has two decks or levels one above the other, usually a bus or tram). Duster [28] — A loose dress wore in (and near) one’s house. (Original meaning: a ...
Filipino slang (2 P) Pages in category "Filipino dictionaries" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. U
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 ...
The UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino (UPDF; "UP Filipino Dictionary") is a series of monolingual Filipino dictionaries. The dictionaries were created by the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino of the University of the Philippines, with Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature and a professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman, as editor-in-chief.