Swardspeak: The Colorful Language of the Filipo Gay Communy

Contents:

• LEARNG GAY LGO: A STARTER GUI!
• PINOY CLEVER WORDPLAY PART 2: GAY LINGO
• WORD FORMATN PROCS OBSERVED SELECTED COMMON POY GAY LGO TERMSWORD FORMATN PROCS OBSERVED SELECTED COMMON POY GAY LGO TERMSWORD FORMATN PROCS OBSERVED SELECTED COMMON POY GAY LGO TERMSWORD FORMATN PROCS OBSERVED SELECTED COMMON POY GAY LGO TERMSWORD FORMATN PROCS OBSERVED SELECTED COMMON POY GAY LGO TERMS
• ON PHILIPPE GAY LGO - DANTON REMOTO
• ANCH ICH? BEKIMON, OR THE SECRET OF GAYS
• A SECRET GAY LANGUAGE HAS GONE MASTREAM THE PHILIPP
• SWARDSPEAK: THE COLORFUL LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPO GAY COMMUNY
• CATEGORY:TAGALOG GAY SLANG
• GAY DICTNARY TAGALOG
• BEKILIPO: “ANG PAGLALADLAD NG GAY LGO SA KULTURA AT WIKANG FILIPO”BEKILIPO: “ANG PAGLALADLAD NG GAY LGO SA KULTURA AT WIKANG FILIPO”BEKILIPO: “ANG PAGLALADLAD NG GAY LGO SA KULTURA AT WIKANG FILIPO”BEKILIPO: “ANG PAGLALADLAD NG GAY LGO SA KULTURA AT WIKANG FILIPO”BEKILIPO: “ANG PAGLALADLAD NG GAY LGO SA KULTURA AT WIKANG FILIPO”

LEARNG GAY LGO: A STARTER GUI!

() Wh a transgenr woman  Congrs and the immense populary of shows like Queer Eye and RuPl's Drag Race, gay culture is currently at the foreont of mastream Filipo nscns a way has never been before. Provg jt how funny the evolutn of language n be, achoo is the newt eratn of the classic beki term "pamta, " which refers to gay men who seem like they're straight.

Ok first up, let's start wh probably the most mon gay lgo: "Charot!" You often hear this at the end of sentenc and is ually said if the statement is meant to be a joke. Lastly, and probably the most important gay lgo — "shuta" — which basilly means "fuck" or "bch." It's like the Tagalog curse word "puta" who grew up to be a ltle b more extra.

Gay lgo sometim has an timate nversatn, to avoid people around them or protectn for virg the Philipp, there is a long way to go for LGBT rights but still, the untry is now payg s rpect to the muny.

PINOY CLEVER WORDPLAY PART 2: GAY LINGO

(Not showg up) Keri – Not the actrs name but (It’s Okay)Tlili – It is not the water lily (It’s Te)Haggardo versoza – It is not the actor’s name (Tired and haggard)Gutom jon – HungryJ jackson – It so hot (pertag to the weather)The Gay lgo has no l, as long the nstctn of the words ncerned s evolutn to break their – means Cheap (champaka, chapala, or chararat to champorado, chapl, chapa, chop suey and champola. – oh, promise me, pangako, utang/ bt48 years – sobrang tagal/so slowKatol – mhang katulong/ looks like a maidOtoko- lalaki na lalake/ hottie or real manPranella – prang/ crazyOblatn – nakedThunrts – matanda/oldiFrance prieto, pransya – may sayad/ crazy personCryola – cryIkura – how muchKadley – to walkYamey – laterSome gay language is forbidn due to timate word like:Halls – BlowjobFelix Bakat – the pen1s of the man form well of his pantsBgic – mast*rbateBonam – anal s3xPokish – sluttyMakiyawti – smells badLet hear some song the way the Gay sgsBubh and flowerret, jojosok ang reyna na, shochurva ang chacha, pajempot jempo fah, Boom tiyayavh chenIt’s a song wrten by a female group the Philipp. To ll them Bakla, Bayot, Badg, etc., are all synonyms for the the end, a liberatg space may be opened for gay people to share their longgs and experienc.

Would you not agree that life is lighter and more enjoyable when we have one gay iend the group? It is open to the gay muny to speak about their own emotns and feelgs and exprs their experienc.

WORD FORMATN PROCS OBSERVED SELECTED COMMON POY GAY LGO TERMSWORD FORMATN PROCS OBSERVED SELECTED COMMON POY GAY LGO TERMSWORD FORMATN PROCS OBSERVED SELECTED COMMON POY GAY LGO TERMSWORD FORMATN PROCS OBSERVED SELECTED COMMON POY GAY LGO TERMSWORD FORMATN PROCS OBSERVED SELECTED COMMON POY GAY LGO TERMS

So there are words that may not be clud this list but lets go and explore more words om other parts of the worldDrag queen – a performer who drs flamboyant or exaggerated female clothg and makp for entertament – the abily to perceive whether someone is gay or not based on their appearance, mannerisms, or – a social gatherg of LGBTQ+ people, often wh mic, dancg, and – a term that has been reclaimed by some members of the LGBTQ+ muny as an clive and non-bary umbrella term for all non-heterosexual and non-cisgenr inti. Rabow flag – a symbol of LGBTQ+ pri, reprentg diversy, clivy, and terms you may wish to know:Bear – A term ed to scribe a larger and hairier gay man, often wh a gged appearance and – A way of behavg or speakg that is seen as exaggerated, theatril, or effemate, often ed for humor or – A term ed to scribe someone who intifi wh feme characteristics or behavrs, regardls of genr inty or sexual orientatn. Siar to sayg “spill the tea” or “dish the dirt” – A slang term ed to scribe a gay man’s an.

The Philippe Gay lgo is built upon words, exprsns, and existg languag (lol and foreign).

ON PHILIPPE GAY LGO - DANTON REMOTO

Once the not-so-secret language of homosexuals; gay lgo is no longer exclive to gays much to our divas dismay.

From s grassroots begngs obscure parlors around the cy has filtrated the tri-media and is now beg spoken or unrstood or both by every Juan, Juana, Nene and Boy the everyone n now speak this once hard to break “gay of munitn”. It has bee some kd of a secret guilty first time I heard a gay lgo fed nversatn back 1996, I was nfed.

I was then workg a gay domated bs - entertament what else - but everyone else seemed to be speakg this queer tongue; straight men clud. Gay words and terms are beg born every mute and thrown om every rner of the room that you have to tch up quickly or forever be lost the labyrth. Wh the right attu and perseverance, I was gay speakg my way to work jt a few months.

ANCH ICH? BEKIMON, OR THE SECRET OF GAYS

”“Hoy, i-ready na ang pang-Janno Gibbs sa prs ha”“Anong oras na ba, Tom Jon na ako e”If you thk about , gay lgo is nothg but a hilar play of words.

But my pricels associatn and iendships wh the queer folks and wh the help of the ter, I have a vobulary every newbie would want to / Ach — ano (what) / whichBalaj — balahura (shamels)Bter Ompo — malungkot (sad) / nagnggng (fumg mad) / bterBaklah / Baklh — ed stead of one’s name, may refer to any genrGivency / Janno Gibbs / Debbie Gibson — bigay (to give)That’s Entertament / Anda / Andalucia / Anju / Anjo Yllaña — datung (money)Fatale — sobra (excsive) / to the maxFeel / Fillet o’ Fish — type / gto / natipuhan (like)Fly — alis (leave)Forever — palagi (always) / matagal / mabagal (slow)Pagoda Cold Wave Lotn — pagod (tired)Washgton / Wishg / Wish — wala (nothg or none)Chanda Romero — tiyan (tummy)Mahalia Jackson — mahal (expensive)Kuya Germs — madumi (dirty) / bearer of germsLucria Kasilag — laret / baliw (crazy)Luca Soriano — loser na sorry paLuz Valz — matalo (to lose)Wnie Santos — manalo (to w)Award — pagalan / pagsabihan (reprimand)Fretyle — slow makagets (to unrstand) / slowImbey / Im — imbyerna (irratn)Jowa / Jowabell / Jowabella — karelasyon / BF or GFKape / Capucco / Coffeemate — magisg ka sa katotohanan (be realistic)Lupa Kashiwahara — malup (cel)Ra Gomez — nakaka-ira (irratg personaly)Enter the Dragon / Entourage — pasok (to enter) / e Julie Andrew / Jola Magdangal — mahuli (ught the act)Antibtic — antipatika (bch)48 Years / 50 Goln Years / 10, 000 — matagal (after a long time)Crayola — iyak (to cry)Thunrts / Chanliers / Masyonda — matanda (old people)Wrangler — gurang (also means old)Jubis / Juba — taba (fatso)Jutay / Jut — mali (small)Kangkang — sexReyna Elena — ulan (to ra)X-Men — datg lalaki (formerly a man) now gayMorayta / Murriah Carrey — mura (cheap)Pamtang Durog / Pamenthols — closet gays / actg as menBackstreet Boys — cute boys at the backChimey Cricket — chimay (maid)Goodbye Slay — goodbyeFayatollah Kumenis — payat (skny)Ananda — ahas (a snake) / traorAnong petsa na? )Pura Kalaw — walang pera (broke) / mahirap (poor)Ri Peralejo — mayaman (rich, om the Spanish word ri)Chova / Chovale Kyle — chika lang (small talk)Cookie Chua / Cookie Monster — magluto (to ok)Clasmat / Klasmat — classmateCynthia Lter — hdi kilalang babae o lalake (unknown she or he)Daot — sulto (sult)Eksena / Eksenadora — mahilig pumapel / mahilig sumabat (someone who always lik to figure a scene)Emote — mag-arte pa r (one who is over-actg)Karir/Career — seryoso ang isang bagay like BF or work (to be serly volved)Lafang — ka (eat)Lapel — malakas ang bos (someone wh a loud voice)Carry / Keri / Cash & Carry — sige (OK or alright)Cathy Dennis — “makati” (isky) or promiscuoChar / Charot / Charg / Charbroiled — not okLiberty / Statue of Liberty — libre (ee)Okray — panirang puri (cricize)Lucky Home Partner — live- partnerIn Fairns — pampalubag loob (to nsole)Compared to Lugaw — ka wala (better than nothg)Blame on the ‘Parlor-ista gays”. But tth be told, gay lgo/swardspeak/gayspeak is now the mastream of Filipo nscns and munitn and shows no sign of fadg.

A SECRET GAY LANGUAGE HAS GONE MASTREAM THE PHILIPP

For the last stallment of the two-part seri about Poy clever wordplay, we will talk about the gay lgo. The Philippe gay lgo has the pacy to dispt, and that is forever advent, forever begng, forever new. While the language is no longer as exclive as was back then, notwhstandg the power of mastream media and appropriatn of heterosexuals, the Philippe gay lgo rri on wh s sole purpose of creatg an environment safe for the group of people g the language, the LGBTQIA+ muny.

SWARDSPEAK: THE COLORFUL LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPO GAY COMMUNY

As early as the ‘60s, the Philippe gay lgo has played a role as a mediator of Philippe languag. This is how the gay lgo was ed before, and up to this day, we n still hear other people g .

The Philippe gay lgo may no longer be as exclive as before, but ntu to serve s purpose of nnectg wh people om different walks of life. While the language is ee for anyone to e, is important to remember why gay lgo exists the first place—why there was a need to create an entirely different language and drift of words.

The Philippe gay lgo is a mon tongue that serv as a sword for those who ntue to experience opprsn and discrimatn.

CATEGORY:TAGALOG GAY SLANG

Currently, the terms formed by s origal speakers, the gay muny, are unniably evint even the daily nversatns of non-gay people. The ventive procs volved formg gay lgo terms and s' daily maniftatn spoken disurse ved the rearchers to embark on this vtigatn. By DANTON REMOTOThe Filipo gay empire has stck back at the center, g a language full of slippag and cracks—a language at once sophistited and vulgar, ser and light, timely and timels.

But they never nsired the fact that Philippe gay language is a language of slippag: ss on a se full of actur and fissur.

One of s steady sourc has been gay language, which has generated so many words and idms that have been serted the mastream of the everyday Taglish. In fact, sce the 1970s, gay language has even bee a mediator among the many languag spoken the untry.

GAY DICTNARY TAGALOG

The gay words of the 1970s still exist, but they are ntuoly updated-- the bety parlors and offic, the universi and the streets, the media and boutiqu. Gay language om a rnival of sourc, like the stum that the lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenr people wear durg the rambunct annual Pri March held every December Manila.

Turng thgs on their heads, gay lgo is a way of barrg the straight world om tdg to the warm circle of gay nversatn, and by extensn, their liv. In the very gay manner of subvertg the orr of thgs, gays have appropriated the nam of people show bs and entertament, geography and the scienc, media and polics, culture and the arts--and began g them their daily liv.

In the 1980s, gay men lookg for sual sex the darkns of the Mehan Garns bi the Metropolan Theater would sudnly shout "Jullie, Jullie Yap Daza" when a policeman me wh sight. Th, the gay men avoid the policemen, who would quickly book them for vagrancy or any other imagary offense, then ask the gay men for a bribe exchange for eedom. In Philippe gay lgo, "Wona Ryr" means "to w, " referrg to a gay man lucky both life and love.

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The Amerin TV talk-show host "Oprah Wey" has unwtgly lent her name to "OPM, " which is gay lgo for someone who always mak promis.

From Dakota to MsaScience and geography are also wellsprgs of Philippe gay lgo. The 1970s gay in, Ldsay Wagner as the Bnic Woman, also gets a place of honor Philippe gay lgo.

Miss Wagner mmerized Filipo gay men wh her slow-motn way of nng, and her bangs that flipped om one si of her head to the other.

At prent, more and more straight-actg gays and gays om the profsns are g out of the closet, givg a lerary, sophistited qualy to gay language. The elegant Filipo sayist Chang Guerrero Nakpil has her name emblazoned gay lgo on two unts.