New words are constantly being added to our vocabulary from various sources like social media and dictionaries. Slang terms reach widespread use more quickly now thanks to social media platforms, continuing a trend of slang creation that has been occurring for centuries. Different generations and communities, like the LGBTQ community in the Philippines, develop their own specialized vocabularies to bond and communicate distinct ideas.

2. Language evolves over time and every year, new words are added to
our vernacular—whether it's the Oxford-accepted "binge-watch" or
novel slang like "lodi," "werpa," and "petmalu." The latter set reaches
an all-time high level of propagation thanks to social media, so it's
hard to believe that it's a practice that dates back to the 19th century.
TADBALIK
GAY LINGGO
GEN X
SLANG
MILLENIALS SLANG
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3. TADBALIK
Twisting, reversing or rearranging of
words.

4. GEN X SLANG
Jargons used by
the past
generation.

5. MILLENIALS SLANG
Code words that
millenials are using
nowadays.

6. GAY LINGO
In the Philippines, the gay
community, specifically the male
gay community, has their own
unique slang called swardspeak.
It is the “gay lingo” or “gay
speak” derived from English and
Tagalog (one of the languages
spoken in the Republic of the
Philippines) as well as other
languages and dialects in the
Philippines, such as Cebuano,
Waray, Bicolano and Hiligaynon