This is a very new slang word that young Filipinos use on social media.
It’s short for “Oh My God” and is pronounced like “O-my.”
Use it like an interjection.
Omay, nagulat ako sa nakita ko.
Oh my God, I was shocked by what I saw.
Doesn’t it sound funnier than OMG or O-M-G (Oh-em-gee)? What makes it sound even more amusing in Tagalog is that it rhymes with siomai, which is a word that has always sounded funny in Tagalog.
Omgili stands for “Oh my God, I love it.”
