Casual, colloquial Filipino expressions used among friends that a textbook usually skips. Front: the Tagalog slang word or phrase. Back: English meaning.
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- Bahala na
- Come what may, whatever happens happens (iconic Filipino informal attitude)
- Gigil
- The overwhelming urge to squeeze or pinch something cute (untranslatable Filipino feeling word)
- Chismis
- Gossip (informal)
- Petmalu
- Awesome, super cool (jejemon-style slang, a reversed/twisted form of "malupit")
- Werpa
- Support, cheering someone on (slang, twisted form of "power")
- Charot
- Just kidding (used after a statement to show it wasn't serious)
- Char
- Short form of "charot", meaning just kidding
- Jowa
- Boyfriend or girlfriend, significant other (informal)
- Bes
- Best friend, buddy (informal address, from "best")
- Susmaryosep
- An exclamation of shock or exasperation (informal, from Jesus, Mary, Joseph)
- Grabe
- Wow, that's intense (informal exclamation for emphasis)
- Sobra
- Too much, extremely (informal intensifier)
- Landi
- Flirting, flirtatious behavior (informal)
- Torpe
- Someone too shy to confess feelings of love (informal)
- Bakla
- Gay man, effeminate man (common informal term)
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