ALABIT

This is a non-standard word often used by young Filipinos on social media.

Alabit.
I love it.

It’s a transliteration into Tagalog of the English phrase “I love it.”

The English word “love” is often written in Tagalog as lab.

Lab kita.
I love you.

Lab ko ‘to.
I love this.

Stylized variation: ilavet

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