Genders Final Project by Karl Mikhail Lico

1. UNDERSTANDING
Filipino Gay Lingo

2. DECIPHERING THE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
BY EMPRESS MARUJA
 Gay men in the Philippines, especially those who are
out, speak to each other using a colorful language that they
invented, mixing English, Tagalog, Visayan, and sometimes
even Japanese. Those who would hear (or read) Filipino gay
slang for the first time feel like they are deciphering a Da Vinci
Code.
 Just like any slang, Filipino gay lingo started out with replacing
certain words with another term. For example, we say "award"
instead of "embarrassed." They say "bet" instead of "boy
crush." Eventually, gays learn to speak with a colorful
vocabulary, using certain key rules:

3. DECIPHERING THE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
BY EMPRESS MARUJA
 The J Law - Replacing the first letter of a word with "J."
Example:
Jowa - Asawa (husband, boyfriend)
Jonta - Punta (to go to a place)
Jubis - Obese
 The KY/ NY Law - Replacing the first letter with "Ky" or "Ny."
Example:
Kyota - Bata (Children)
Nyorts - A pair of shorts

4. DECIPHERING THE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
BY EMPRESS MARUJA
 The Name Game - Replacing a word with a name (usually
that of a celebrity) that sounds like it.
Example:
Julie Yap-Daza - Huli (to get caught)
Gelli de Belen - Jealous
Carmi Martin - Karma
Tom Jones - Tomguts or gutom (hungry)
 Plus - Adding an extra syllable, extra letters, or extra words to
create a different word.
Example:
Crayola - Cry
Thunder Cats - Tanda (an old person; often called to an old
gay man)

5. DECIPHERING THE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
BY EMPRESS MARUJA
 The use of gay lingo was first used to avoid having other
people hear what you are talking about, especially when it
comes to sex. This is also a means of defying the cultural
norms and creating an identity of their own. Gay speak
evolves really fast, with obsolete words and phrases being
rewritten and replaced especially when non-gays learn what it
means. Saying "Ano'ng happening" (What are your plans for
tonight) would make you associated with the 1980s. This
language defines the Philippine gay culture, and it would
probably stay that way for quite a while.
 It can be use also on songs especially the songs for kids
when they are playing. For example Bubuka ang bulaklak,
Pen Pen De Sarapen and Tagu-taguan.

6. DECIPHERING THE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
BY EMPRESS MARUJA
Here is the translation:
 Song Title: Bubuka Ang Bulaklak
Bubukesh and floweret ~ Bubuka ang bulaklak
Jojosok ang reynabelz ~ Papasok ang reyna
Shochurva ang chacha ~ Sasayaw ng chacha
Pa jempot jempot fah ~ Pa kembot kembot pa
Boom tiyayavush chenes ~ Boom ti yah yah

7. DECIPHERING THE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
BY EMPRESS MARUJA
 Song Title: Pen Pen de Sarapen
Pen pen de chorvaloo ~ Pen pen de sarapen
De kemerloo de eklavoo ~ De kutsilyo, de almasen
Hao hao de chenelyn de big yuten ~ Haw, haw de karabaw de
batuten
Sfriti dapat iipit ~ Sipit namimilipit
Goldness filak chumochorva ~ Ginto`t pilak
Sa tabi ng chenes ~ Sa tabi ng dagat
Shoyang fula, talong na fula ~ Sayang pula, tatlong pera
Shoyang fute, talong na mafute ~ Sayang puti, tatlong salapi
Chuk chak chenes, namo uz ek ~ Sawsaw sa suka, mahuli ay

8. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: NOUNS, PRONOUNS AND
PREPOSITIONS
 adez, andabelz, adesa, anda, ka-andahan, andalucia – pera
 akesh, akembang – ako
 badet, dinga, dingalou – bading
 berru – beer
 borlog – tulog, power nap
 bottomesa, bottones – a bottom
 bufra – boyfriend
 carrou, carosa – car
 cheese – chismis
 chimi, chimini, chimi-aa, chimini-aa – maid
 constru – construction worker
 daot – ahas, traitor

9. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: NOUNS, PRONOUNS AND
PREPOSITIONS
 ditey, ditich, ditraks – ditto
 feelanga – crush
 fiampey – singit, birdie, flower
 garapata – vaklush na punggok na majubis
 gardini – security guard
 oishi – shabu
 gulay, pechay, bilatch, tahong – babae
 hada – oral gay sex
 hammer – pakonyo effect sa mga prosti or callboy, ―pokpok‖
 havana – mahabang mukha
 hipon – maganda ang katawan pero panget
 itich, itechlavu – ito

10. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: NOUNS, PRONOUNS AND
PREPOSITIONS
 jipamy – jeep
 jowa, jowawis – lover, boy/girlfriend
 jubelita – vaklita, batang bading
 kat-kat – sosyal na tawag sa katulong
 katol, chimay – katulong
 kyota – bata
 kyotatalet – sanggol
 likil, mentos, future – lalaki
 merlat, melat, bilat, mujer – babae
 nota, notes – penis
 pa-uring – a bottom
 performance artist – mahilig mag-inarte

11. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: NOUNS, PRONOUNS AND
PREPOSITIONS
 potato queen – chink for chinks
 red alert – menstruation
 rice queen – chink folks who go for white guys (?)
 colbam, sholbam – callboy
 shulupi – pulubi
 shumod, shumodity – tams
 suba, bugarou – cigarette
 success story – babae/lalaki na mukhang katulong na may lover na
foreigner na masalapi
 katuray – baklang mukhang katulong na mataray
 tayelz – tayo
 variables – barya, coins
 wigwam – wig

12. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: PROPER NOUNS
 Ace Sanchez – a top
 Aglipay – ugly Pinay ( jowang pokpok na chaka ng mayaman na
foreigner )
 Ana, Anaconda – ahas, traidor
 Anita Linda, Aida – A.I.D.S.
 Ate Vangie – gamot pampatulog (Ativan Gang)
 Ate Vi – atrebida
 Backstreet Boys – cute guys sa likuran mo
 Bayombong, Nueva Viscaya – masturbate
 Bebang, Mayta – maid
 Blusang Itim – mga bakla na gumanda nang maayusan sa parlor
 Cathy Santillan, Kate Gomez, Cathy Mora, Cathy Dennis –
makati, malibog
 Chabelita – chubby

13. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: PROPER NOUNS
 Chiquito – maliit
 Churchill – sosyal
 Crayola Khomeni – iyak
 Dakota Harrison P! laza – malaki birdie
 Debbie Gibson – give
 Duty Free – maliit ang nota
 Ella Mae (Saeson), Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Luansing – state of feeling
horny
 Eva Kalaw – evak
 Felix Bakat – bakat ang birdie (sa brief or pants)
 Girlie Rodis – babae
 Givenchy – give, pahingi
 Halls – tsupa

14. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: PROPER NOUNS
 Indiana Jones – hindi sumipot
 Janjalani, Pocahontas – bakla na palaging late o indyanera
 Jennilyn (Mercado) – cheap, chaka
 Joana Paras – asawa
 Julanis Morisette, Reyna Elena – umuulan
 Julie Andrews – mahuli
 Kelvinator, Kelvina – babaeng mataba, sinlaki ng refrigerator
 Leticia Ramos Shahani – shabu
 Lilet – bading na bagets
 Lucita Soriano – loss na, sorry pa
 Lucrecia Kasilag – baliw
 Luz Clarita, Luz Clarita, Luz Valdez – talo, loss ang beauty

15. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: PROPER NOUNS
 Maharlika, Mahalia Jackson – mahal
 Manilyn Reynes – malibog
 Miss Nigeria – negra
 Murriah Carey, Morayta – mura
 Nora Daza – magluto
 Oprah Winfrey, O.P.M. – oh, promise me, pangako, utang
 Phil Collins – Philcoa
 Purita Kalaw Ledesma, Purita Kashiwara, Pureta Malaviga – poor,
dukha
 Rica Paralejo, Nina Ricci – mayaman
 Rita Gomez – naiirita
 Ruffa – laklak
 Siete Pecados – tsismosa
 Thunder Cats – gurang

16. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: PROPER NOUNS
 Tom Jones, Tommy Lee Jones – gutom
 Uranus – puwet
 Washington D.C. – wala
 X-Men – mga dating lalaki
 Yayo Aguila – dyahe
 Zsa Zsa Padilla – o siya, sige!

17. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
 48 years – sobrang tagal
 antibiotic – antipatika
 balaj, valaj – balahura
 bella – boba
 bigalou – big
 biway, chopopo, guash – gwapo
 bongga, bonggakea – super to the max
 borta – malaki katawan
 boyband – lalaking sintaba ng baboy
 buya – nakakahiya
 chaka, chuckie, shonget, ma-kyonget, chapter, jupang-pang – ugly
 cheapangga, chipipay – cheap, ka-cheapan

18. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
 chipipay – cheap
 chopopo – gwapo
 conalei – baklush
 daki – dako
 dites – ditto
 doonek – doon
 effem – halatang bakla
 emena gushung – malanding semenarista
 fayatollah kumenis – payat
 ganda lang – for free
 ganders – maganda
 intonses – sira, wasak
 jongoloids – bobo

19. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
 jowa, jowabelles, jowabella – karelasyon, boyfriend o girlfriend
 jutay, juts – maliit
 kabog, loss – talo!
 katagalugan – matagal
 katol – mukhang katulong
 kirara – pangit / maitim
 klapeypey-klapeypey – pumalakpak
 krang-krang – hungry (same as Tom Jones)
 krung-krung – sira ulo, baliw
 lulu, tungril, tetetet – lesbian
 mahogany, mashumers, ugmas – mabaho
 majubis – mataba / gusgusin
 matod – magnanakaw

20. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
 nakakalurky – nakaka-shock, nakaka-takot
 neuro – napaisip bigla, mind-boggler
 oblation – walang saplot
 otoko – lalakeng lalaki
 pamin, paminta, pamentos, pamenthol – discreet gay guy
 pinkalou – pink
 pranella – praning
 quality control – maganda ang quality
 sangkatuts – marami, isang katutak
 shala – sosyal
 shogal – matagal
 shokot, bokot – tako

21. FILIPINO GAY LINGO: ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
 shonga, shongaers, planggana – tanga
 shonga-shonga – tanga-tanga
 shonget, makyonget – ugly
 shontis – buntis
 sudems – never
 tamalis – tamad
 urky – nakakaloka
 warla – loka-loka, nawawala sa sarili, nababaliw
 wasok – contraction ng ―wasak pag pasok‖
 wiz, waz – wala!
 wrangler, thunder(s), tanders, majonders – matanda

22. MORE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
 Anik / Anetch — ano (what) / which
 Balaj — balahura (shameless)
 Bitter Ocampo — nagngingitngit (fuming mad) / bitter
 Baklush — used instead of one’s name, may refer to any
gender
 Janno Gibbs / Debbie Gibson — bigay (to give)
 That’s Entertainment — datung (money)
 Fatale — sobra (excessive)
 Fillet o’ Fish — type / gusto / natipuhan (like)
 Fly — alis (leave)
 Forever — palagi (always) / matagal / mabagal (slow)
 Pagoda Cold Wave Lotion — pagod
 Washington / Wishing / Wish — wala (nothing or none)

23. MORE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
 Chanda Romero — tiyan (tummy)
 Mahalia Jackson — mahal (expensive)
 Kuya Germs — madumi (dirty)
 Lucresia Kasilag —lukaret /baliw (crazy)
 Lucita Soriano — loser na sorry pa
 Luz Valdez — matalo (to lose)
 Winnie Santos — manalo (to win)
 Award —pinagalitan / pinagsabihan (reprimanded)
 Imbey / Im — imbyerna (irritation)
 Jowa / Jowabelles / Jowabella — BF or GF
 Lupita Kashiwahara — malupit (cruel)
 Rita Gomez — nakaka-irita (irritating personality)

24. MORE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
 Enter the Dragon / Entourage — pasok (to enter) / come in
 Julie Andrew / Jolina Magdangal — mahuli (caught in the act)
 Antibiotic — antipatika (bitch)
 48 Years / 50 Golden Years / 10,000 — matagal (after a long
time)
 Crayola — iyak (to cry)
 Thundercats / Chandeliers / Masyonda — matanda (old
people)
 Wrangler — gurang (also means old)
 Jubis / Juba — taba (fatso)
 Jutay / Jutes — maliit (small)
 Kangkang — sex
 Reyna Elena — ulan (to rain)
 X-Men — dating lalaki (formerly a man) now gay

25. MORE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
 Morayta / Murriah Carrey — mura (cheap)
 Pamintang Durog / Pamenthols — closet gays / acting as men
 Backstreet Boys — cute boys at the back
 Chiminey Cricket — chimay (maid)
 Goodbye Suklay — goodbye
 Fayatollah Kumenis — payat (skinny)
 Anaconda — ahas (a snake) / traitor
 Anong petsa na? — asked when someone is taking too long
to dress up, etc.
 Charing/Tienes — jest / a joke / not serious
 Kaplang — mali (error) / mistake
 Barbra Streisand / Barbara Perez — bara / binara (bluntly
rejected)

26. MORE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
 Purita Kalaw — walang pera (broke) / mahirap (poor)
 Rica Peralejo — mayaman (rich, from the Spanish word rica)
 Chova / Chovaline Kyle — chika lang (small talk)
 Cookie Chua / Cookie Monster — magluto (to cook)
 Clasmarurut / Klasmarurut — classmate
 Cynthia Luster — hindi kilalang babae o lalake (unknown she
or he)
 Daot — insulto (insult)
 Eksena / Eksenadora — mahilig pumapel / mahilig sumabat
(someone who always likes to figure in a scene)
 Emote — mag-inarte pa rin (one who is over-acting)
 Karir/Career — sineryoso ang isang bagay like BF or work (to
be seriously involved)

27. MORE FILIPINO GAY LINGO
 Lafang — kain (eat)
Lapel — malakas ang boses (someone with a loud voice)
 Carry / Keri / Cash & Carry — sige (OK or alright)
 Cathy Dennis — ―makati‖ (frisky) or promiscuous
 Char / Charot / Charing / Charbroiled — not ok
 Liberty / Statue of Liberty — libre (free)
 Okray — paninirang puri (criticize)
Lucky Home Partner — live-in partner
 In Fairness — pampalubag loob (to console)

28. REFERENCES:
 http://www.ampedasia.com/forums/filipino-gay-lingo-t-
10957.html
 http://philippines-butchokoy.blogspot.com/2008/11/gay-lingo-
made-in-philippines.html
 http://butcholle.com/?p=1450