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Philippine English also borrows words from Philippine languages, especially native plant and animal names (e.g. ampalaya and balimbing), and cultural concepts with no exact English equivalents such as kilig and bayanihan. Some borrowings from Philippine languages have entered mainstream English, such as abaca and ylang-ylang.
The Tagalog language and the Filipino language have developed unique vocabulary since the former's inception from its direct Austronesian roots and the latter's inception as the developed and formally adopted common national language or national lingua franca of the Philippines from 1973 to 1987 and as the national and co-official language of the Philippines from 1987 and onward, incorporating ...
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Bae (/ b eɪ / BAY) is a slang term of endearment, [1] primarily used among youth. It came into widespread use around 2013 and 2014 through social media and hip-hop and R&B lyrics because apparently those words are just too long. [2] The term originated as an abbreviation of the word baby or babe.
Decoding the latest slang word </a> What does 'mid' mean? Think: a lukewarm bowl of mac-and-cheese or a three-star hotel, says Kelly Elizabeth Wright, a postdoctoral research fellow in language ...
The word "swardspeak", according to José Javier Reyes, was coined by columnist and film critic Nestor Torre in the 1970s. Reyes himself wrote a book on the subject entitled Swardspeak: A Preliminary Study. [6] "Sward" is an outdated slang for 'gay male' in the Philippines.
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 ...