Filipino curses and insults in Baybayin

in #language7 years ago (edited)

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Meme the Ancient Way

Baybayin is an ancient script from the Philippines. It means "to syllabicate or syllabify." Baybayin has three vowels and 14 consonants. It was widely used in the country prior to Spanish conquest up until 1668 when the script forms were removed from official Doctrina Christiana publications. It was very well-known since a Catholic clergy carefully documented the information during the colonial era.

Filipinos have been trying to revive the use of this alphabet. If not to use it, then at least to know about it. It gives me such a sense of pride that when people thought Filipinos were savages that live in the remote islands near the pacific, and now they discovered that ancient Filipinos were even more literate than mexicans. Had their own numbering system and made their letters through the objects they found in their surroundings.

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IMAGE provided by Bonifacio Comandante; ILLUSTRATOR Jasrelle Serrano

Now, Filipino curses are most unique. They might mean the same thing when translated to English, but it truly depends on the situation and the intensity of situations that have us use different kinds of them. And we are going to be educated enough to use such an intricate script for such cursing.

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It literally means "Your Mom's a Whore/Bitch"

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Child of a whore

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Just something we say that's equivalent to "fuck" e.g. "Anong ginagawa mo dito, Punyeta ka?!" "What are you doing here, you fucker??!"

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Stupid/Dumb

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If someone is Gago, he is an Asshole

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You are Tarantado if you did something stupid and you weren't using your brain for ANYTHING

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Filipino term for Penis

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umm something on one's penis that smells...bad

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Dick e.g. "sipsipin mo ang titi ko" "Suck my dick"

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When someone is uncircumcised, but in an unfavorable, derogatory manner.

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Balls

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Pussy

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Vagina

So you wanna go and insult someone that not even google translate can help them? Go Babayin now! Not to mention, Filipino curses are just....explicit. Use wisely and use widely. There's no such thing as a responsible use of profanities. Have fun!

Credits to Filipino Memes for Well-Educated teens