The following are some of the most usual Internet slang terms used in the

Philippines by FILLENIALS (1980 - 2000)

1. ATM At this Moment
2. BAE Before Anyone Else
3. BFF Best Friends Forever
4. BTS Behind The Scenes (Sometimes used as Be There
Soon)
5. FBF Flashback Friday
6. Facepalm A gesture in which the palm of ones hand is
brought to ones face. This means an expression of disbelief,
shame, frustration or disappointment.
7. FFTB Fresh from the bathroom. A term used by someone who
just finished taking a bath.
8. FTW For the Win
9. FWIS From Where I Stand
10. HBD Happy Birthday
11. IDK I Dont Know
12. Igers Short for Instagrammers or people who use
Instagram.
13. IMHO In my Humble Opinion
14. LMK Let me Know
15. LOL Laugh Out Loud
16. ICYMI In Case You Missed It
17. IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean
18. JGH Just Got Home
19. KOTD Kicks (Shoes) of the Day
20. LMAO Laughing My Ass Off
21. MEH Indifference or mediocrity, equivalent to shoulder shrug
22. Ngangers Another Tagalog term for nganga (openmouthed), an expression used by Filipinos who have lost
excitement, who are bored, feeling lazy, or have nothing to do for
the day.
23. No filter It means no filters were used to enhance a certain
photo posted on social media.

24. Noob New or inexperienced person

25. Nosebleed An expression used by someone whos having a
difficulty in understanding the English words spoken by the
person whom hes talking with.
26. NP No Problem
27. NSFW Not Safe for Work
28. NTS Note to Self
29. OMG Oh My God
30. OOTD Outfit of the Day
31. OOTN Outfit of the Night
32. Pabebe A word used to describe people who try to act,
speak or sound cute like a child or a baby. It also means pacute
in Tagalog. The term can have many other meanings. It can also
be used to describe someone who is narcissistic or who always
like to make himself/herself the center of peoples attraction.
33. Petix To procrastinate
34. POTD Photo Of The Day
35. ROTF Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied)
36. SNAFU Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
37. Selfie A photograph that one has taken of oneself usually
with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone.
38. Selfeet A photograph of ones feet taken by oneself.
39. Swelfie It means swolen selfie or a selfie taken by
someone just after a hard workout at the gym. Swelfie can also
mean a swimsuit selfie.
40. TYVM Thank You Very Much
41. TBH To Be Honest
42. TBT Throwback Thursday
43. TIA Thanks in Advance
44. TTYL Talk To You Later
45. TMI Too Much Information
46. WTF What the F*ck
47. YOLO You Only Live Once
48. YW Youre Welcome

49. XOXO Hugs & Kisses

50. 4SHO For Sure
FILIPINO SLANG EXPRESSIONS AND THEIR ETYMOLOGY
1.

Edi Wow - I don't really care / Please be quiet

2.

Selfie Pa More Giving emphasis

3.

Hugot a deep seeded sentiment

Kung gusto mo mawala yung bagyo, mahalin mo, dahil lahat ng

minamahal umaalis.
If you want the typhoon to leave, love it, because those we love
always leaves us.
4.

Bes Best Friend / Beh a gay iteration of BAE (Before

anyone else)

5.

Nawawala STUFFS ko Plural for DUH

6.

Push Mo Yan Teh Push the limit, you can do it...though

sometimes used as a sarcastic expression

7.

Nosebleed being overwhelmed

Na nosebleed ako sa english ng boss kong Amerikano.

I was overwhelmed by my American boss' English
8.

WEH - yeah right, really, No way! (disbelieve)

9.

Para kang SIRANG PLAKA you sound like a broken record

10. BOMALABS

Bomalabs naman instructions ni boss. (unclear/

vague)
11. Consuelo

de bobo Consolation of the the idiot. Band Aids or

temporary remedies

12. Anak

Ng ________ - Son of a Gun, Son of a______

13. Diba

- Right!

He stinks right now

DIBA
14. SUSMARYOSEP

Jesus Mary and Joseph

15. Hay

Naku - Oh my Oh no

16. Ano

ba - What? WHAT THE?

17. Sayang!

- What a waste!

18. GANON!

- Really?

19. Anyare

anong nangyare? What happened?

20. Ansabe

/ Anu daw What did he say?

21. Bahala

na si Batman Let batman decide / Let fate decide

NEVER FORGET your all day brekafast essentials

SILOG - Sinangag at Itlog
Tapsilog Tapa (beef)
Chiksilog Chiken
Tocilog Tocino (pork)
Hotsilog - Hotdog
Spamsilog - Spam
Masilog Ma Ling
Spagsilog Yes, filipinos eat spaghetti with rice!