AFAM
See also: afam
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Possibly an initialism of A Foreigner Around Manila.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
AFAM (plural AFAMs)
- (Philippines, chiefly gay slang, women's speech) a white foreigner in the Philippines (usually male); (loosely) any foreigner in the Philippines
- Synonym: kano
Further reading edit
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 2
- https://www.quora.com/What-does-afam-mean-in-the-Philippines-Ive-heard-it
- Isola Fong (2022) “Futur:st”, in Adam Nathaniel Furman, Joshua Mardell, editors, Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories[1], Routledge, →ISBN
- Earth Rullan (2020) Earthlingorgeous Life Interrupted[2], Ukiyoto Publishing, →ISBN
- Zosimo Quibilan Jr. (2006) Pagluwas[3], UP Press, →ISBN
- Martin F. Manalansan IV (2003) Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora[4], Durham and London: Duke University Press, →ISBN
- Rolando S. Tinio (1990) A Matter of Language: Where English Fails[5], University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English AFAM, possibly an initialism of “a foreigner around Manila”.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Rhymes: -am
- Syllabification: A‧FAM
Noun edit
AFAM (chiefly gay slang, women's speech)
- a white foreigner in the Philippines (usually male)
- any foreigner in the Philippines
- a white American in the Philippines (usually male)
- Synonym: Kano
Further reading edit
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 2
- Isola Fong (2022) “Futur:st”, in Adam Nathaniel Furman, Joshua Mardell, editors, Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories[6], Routledge, →ISBN
- Earth Rullan (2020) Earthlingorgeous Life Interrupted[7], Ukiyoto Publishing, →ISBN
- Zosimo Quibilan Jr. (2006) Pagluwas[8], UP Press, →ISBN
- Martin F. Manalansan IV (2003) Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora[9], Durham and London: Duke University Press, →ISBN
- Kandice Chuh, Karen Shimakawa (2001) Orientations: Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora[10], Duke University Press, →ISBN
- Rolando S. Tinio (1990) A Matter of Language: Where English Fails[11], University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN