dyologs

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Tagalog[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjoloɡs/, [ˈd͡ʒo.loɡs]
  • Hyphenation: dyo‧logs

Adjective[edit]

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.

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Noun[edit]

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 ...

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