TAGALOG-ENGLISH DICTIONARY

root word: totoo Continue reading “TOTOHANIN”

root word: saya

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likely from the English “rock”
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Spelling variations: pompiyang, pompyang, ompiyang

This is a mini-game used to determine who will be the “it” in a game or to determine which persons will belong to different teams (two teams).
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Newly popularized *Filipino* word used as a translation for the English phrase “conceptual framework.”

The etymology is Cebuano, and not Tagalog.

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Coined term and popular hashtag in December 2014 after the Philippines’ Department of Health released a cleverly catchy musical infomercial making fun of the gabo (“gaga girls” and “bobo boys”) who start engaging in sexual intercourse too early.

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root words: ngitngit + asal + gawi

ngitngít
anger, rage, fury

asal
behavior

gawi
habit

pinakanakakapagngitngitngitngitang-kaasalang-gawi
habitual behavior that causes the most extreme anger

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