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shugar
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allow me to advocate for satan:paolov:
sisid: although it does have innuendo there is no other term for "diving" in the local context (hence its use in sexual innuendo)... the only other option is "lubog" w/c means "sink" and semantically is not as pleasant as "sisid"
pasaway: although originally a negative sentiment has become accepted in local vernacular to include a semblance of endearment. this is evident by our calling each other pasaway and, more so, our admittance of being "pasaway"... basically the same way something can be "wicked" in a positive way or "phat"
negativity: can be taken with a large grain of salt depending on its cultural contextual use - there are the "new england lobster divahs" that can be interpreted as:
"die-vahs" - a play on "divers"
"dee-vas" - could be a small play on being primadona-esque or like divas
same way with "orca bait"... who would like to equate a scuba diver with being a killer whale's meal?
my lobby: in a cultural context "pasaway" is applicable to the group as this is an opt-in local-language subforum that will cater primarily (approx 99%) to a filipino audience that will understand the novelty of "barangay pasaway" w/c literally means: "a small community of pasaways"
"bahay kubo" (w/ all due respect and credit to the suggestor) although quaint and very filipino in context says and speaks nothing semiotically in the context of this board... if added to (e.g. bahay kubo ni kuya) it gains some personality, but in its current manifestation it does not
Jag
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