AFAM

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English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly an initialism of A Foreigner Around Manila.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Philippine) /ɐˈfam/
  • IPA(key): (non-Philippine) /ˈeɪfæm/

Noun

AFAM (plural AFAMs)

  1. (Philippines, chiefly gay slang, women's speech) a foreigner in the Philippines (usually male)
    Synonym: kano
  2. (loosely) any foreigner in the Philippines

Further reading

  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 2
  • https://www.quora.com/What-does-afam-mean-in-the-Philippines-Ive-heard-it
  • Isola Fong (2022) “Futur:st”, in Adam Nathaniel Furman, Joshua Mardell, editors, Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories‎, Routledge, →ISBN
  • Earth Rullan (2020) Earthlingorgeous Life Interrupted‎, Ukiyoto Publishing, →ISBN
  • Zosimo Quibilan Jr. (2006) Pagluwas‎, UP Press, →ISBN
  • Martin F. Manalansan IV (2003) Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora‎, Durham and London: Duke University Press, →ISBN
  • Rolando S. Tinio (1990) A Matter of Language: Where English Fails‎, University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English AFAM, possibly an acronym of “a foreigner around Manila”.

Pronunciation

Noun

AFAM (chiefly gay slang, women's speech)

  1. a white foreigner in the Philippines (usually male)
  2. any foreigner in the Philippines
  3. a white American in the Philippines (usually male)
    Synonym: Kano

Further reading

  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 2
  • Isola Fong (2022) “Futur:st”, in Adam Nathaniel Furman, Joshua Mardell, editors, Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories‎, Routledge, →ISBN
  • Earth Rullan (2020) Earthlingorgeous Life Interrupted‎, Ukiyoto Publishing, →ISBN
  • Zosimo Quibilan Jr. (2006) Pagluwas‎, UP Press, →ISBN
  • Martin F. Manalansan IV (2003) Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora‎, Durham and London: Duke University Press, →ISBN
  • Kandice Chuh, Karen Shimakawa (2001) Orientations: Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora‎, Duke University Press, →ISBN
  • Rolando S. Tinio (1990) A Matter of Language: Where English Fails‎, University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN
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