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Celebrity Names and Gay Lingo

Pinoy gay lingo is constantly evolving. So many new words are sprouting everyday that sometimes, it’s difficult to catch up.  In 2007, I wrote about Pinoy Gayspeak 101, a not-so-comprehensive (with Pinoy gayspeak, I don’t think an ultra-comprehensive guide is possible, but I may be wrong) guide to basic Pinoy gayspeak.

There is one site though, that helps a lot: DIKSYUNARYONG BECKY. Then again, some of the terminology there may now be outdated.

Recently, with the growing number of people subscribing to social media (Twitter, Facebook, Plurk, etc.) and with more and more celebrities joining the bandwagon, more gay words have sprung up.  What’s interesting is that these are used not only by gay men, but also by almost everyone!  I find it funny whenever celebrities use such gay words in their Tweets.  What I find more hilarious is when celebrities use other celebrities’ names in gay lingo. The etymology of these words have not been verified but most of these are used because of similar sounds to the original words.

So without further ado, here’s a list of Celebrity Names used in Pinoy Gay Lingo!  So brush up on your Pinoy Gay Lingo and join the fun!  (Some of these names I just invented and came up with on my own – and only known to me, but most of these are pretty much out there in the social media world).

Baklita Corrales – gay guy in his teens; young gay guy Bitter Ocampo – Bitter; sad Bottom Araullo – bottom Cabella Flores – cab; taxi Carmi Martin/Carmina Villaroel – Karma Chanda Romero – Tiyan; tummy; stomach Charice – Char! Charotlot de Leon – charot! Char lang! meaningless expression Chenelyn Mercado – Chenes Chos Groban – from etchos Curious Babao – Curious Curious Babao – Curious Done Zulueta – Tapos na; Finished Gelli de Belen – Jealous Haggardina Bonnevie – same as Haggardo Versoza – haggard and lady guard Haggardo Versoza – haggard, exhausted; can also mean Security Guard Imbyernadette Sembrano or Imbyernadette Allyson – imbyerna; inis; asar Janno Gibbs – Give Josko Moreno – “My god!” Judy Ann Santos – (Bisaya gay lingo; if you want to learn more Davao gay lingo, click here.) Hindi; Not Julie Yap-Daza/ Julie Vega – Huli (to get caught) Kainez Veneracion – irritating or annoying KorekChynna Ortaleza Beauty Products Naghahasa Rin, Original Vaciador – Correct!, Korek! Yes Luz Valdez – Loser; Talo, Talunan Majinet Jackson / Majinette medved – Mainit; hot Nanette Inventor – one who invents stories Pagoda Cold Wave Motion Dancers (from Universal Motion Dancers) – tired; exhausted Pogie Domingo – Goodlooking guy Purita Kalaw-Ledesma/Pura Kalaw /PuRita Avila – mahirap; poor; walang pera Raymond Gutierrez – Busog (dahil Raymond looks busog all the time) Stress Drilon – stressed Tom Jones – Tomguts or gutom (hungry)

I’m pretty sure there are millions of other versions of these and if you have them, please do post them here!  (I’m coming up with a contest related to this in the next few weeks!) It is actually pretty easy to come up with your own versions of these celebrity names in gay lingo.  All you need to do is think of a celebrity whose name can be used either as a “prefix” or a “suffix” of a word.  You don’t even have to be gay to do this!

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