User:TagaSanPedroAko/Tagalog English loanwords

Loanwords

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Pseudo-anglicisms

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Claimed to be English as used by Filipinos, but attestations hardly prove they're used ever within English, and usage tend to be within Tagalog or other Philippine language. Only mere mentions in English-language texts “make” these English.

  • bold - lewd/pornographic (adj); pornography (noun)
  • computer shop - Internet café
  • minus one
  • rubber shoes - sneakers (US)
  • sideline - informal job
  • slang - speaking English with a foreign accent