dyologs

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• jologs — common
• jolog
• jologz

Etymology

Possibly from a blend of dilis (“anchovy”) +‎ tuyo (“dried fish”) +‎ itlog (“egg”) +‎ -s, food which poor people eat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdjoloɡs/ [ˈd͡ʒoː.loɡs]
• Rhymes: -oloɡs
• Syllabification: dyo‧logs

Adjective

dyologs (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ᜐ᜔) (slang)

1. unfashionable; unstylish; in poor taste

   Synonyms: baduy, tsaka, pandyologs

   Ngayon ka lang bumili ng damit, dyologs na damit pa.

   You only bought clothes now, and you bought unfashionable clothes.

   Nang nauso ang mga selpon, naging dyologs ang mga pager at beeper hanggang nawala na ang mga ito sa araw-araw na kagamitan.

   When cellphones became popular, beepers and pagers became unfashionable until these disappeared from everyday things.

Derived terms

• dyologin
• dyumologs
• magdyologs
• pandyologs

 

Noun

dyologs (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ᜐ᜔) (slang)

1. youngster from the slum area (usually a teenager)

   May mga dyologs na nakatira doon sa may estero.

   Some slum youngster live by the estuary.

2. person exhibiting the crude behavior of slum youngsters

   Wag ka nga magulo, dyologs ka ...

   Hey cut it out, you're being dyologs ...

See also

• adik
• gago
• konyo
• korni
• panggulo
• skwaking
• tambay

 

Further reading

• Copongcopong's Pinoy Slang Dictionary