Swardspeak
Swardspeak Original word Language of origin
Jowa ( variant diminutive : Jowabelle ) Asawa ( spouse , usually female ) Tagalog , Cebuano , Hiligaynon
Gora Puntá ( to go [ to a place ] ) Tagalog
Shupatembang , Shupated , Jupiter Kapatíd ( sibling ) Tagalog
Shunga Tangá ( idiot ) Tagalog , Cebuano , Hiligaynon
Julalay Alalay ( assistant ) Tagalog
Conventions
Swardspeak is a form of slang ( and therefore highly dynamic , as opposed to colloquialisms ) that is built upon preexisting languages . It deliberately transforms or creates words that resemble words from other languages , particularly English , Japanese , Chinese , Spanish , Portuguese , French , and German . It is colorful , witty , and humorous , with vocabularies derived from popular culture and regional variations . [ 9 ] It is unintelligible to people not familiar with the Filipino gay culture or who do not know the rules of usage . [ 10 ] There is no standardized set of rules , but some of the more common conventions are shown below : [ 11 ] Replacing the first letter/syllable of words with the letter `` J '' / '' Sh '' or the syllables `` Jo- '' / '' Sho- '' or `` Ju- '' / '' Shu- '' .
Swardspeak (also known as Gay speak or gay lingo) is an argot or cant slang derived from Taglish (Tagalog-English code-switching) and used by a number of LGBT people in the Philippines.