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Ina is Tagalog for mother, while mo is the indirect second person singular pronoun. Therefore, if translated word-for-word, the phrase means "your whore mother". [8] However, most Tagalog speakers dispute this simplistic translation, instead alternately rendering the phrase as "son of a bitch" [9] or as a variation of the word "fuck". [10]
The name roughly translates to "Dumb Filipino", used fondly as a pejorative term. [4] " Although impressed ", Bob Ong notes, " my boss would've fired me had he known I was the one behind it. " When someone contacted him after mistaking him as an actual person named Bob Ong, his famous pseudonym was born. [ 1 ]
Pupung is a daily comic strip created by Filipino cartoonist Washington "Tonton" Young. Appearing in the broadsheet Manila Bulletin, the strip revolves around its title character, a young boy, and his family and household. Pupung's family maintains a lugawan, a restaurant which mainly serves rice congee (Filipino lugaw) dishes. [1] [2]
Local performers such as Zarsuelista Atang de la Rama and singer Katy de la Cruz began joining these vaudeville acts in the mid 1910s, and in 1920, a Filipino entertainer named Luis Borromeo (who renamed himself "Borromeo Lou" after a brief stay in North America) organized what became the first Filipino bodabil company. [8]
"Philippine Comics" The most comprehensive library of Filipino comics on the internet. Pinoy Superheroes Universe "An online compendium of Filipino comic book heroes from the 80'S, 90'S and beyond." International Catalogue of Superheroes; Lambiek's Comiclopedia
MTB (Miyusik Tagalog Bersiyon) Michael V.'s parody of popular English songs translated to Tagalog in a literal and often humorous manner. The songs were later compiled into an album named Bubble Ganthology in 2006. [1] Bubble Gags: 1997–2022: A segment where various casts of the show throw jokes about a certain situation on each other.
Philippine folk literature refers to the traditional oral literature of the Filipino people.Thus, the scope of the field covers the ancient folk literature of the Philippines' various ethnic groups, as well as various pieces of folklore that have evolved since the Philippines became a single ethno-political unit.
Jejemon (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛdʒɛmɔ̝n]) was a popular culture phenomenon in the Philippines. [1] The Philippine Daily Inquirer describes Jejemons as a "new breed of hipster who have developed not only their own language and written text but also their own subculture and fashion."