Category:Cebuano terms by usage

Cebuano terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Cebuano terms with archaic senses: Cebuano terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Cebuano autological terms: Cebuano terms that possess the property they themselves describe.
• Category:Cebuano childish terms: Cebuano terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Cebuano colloquialisms: Cebuano terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Cebuano dated terms: Cebuano terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Cebuano derogatory terms: Cebuano terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Cebuano dialectal terms: Cebuano terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Cebuano ecclesiastical terms: Cebuano terms used only by religious figures.
• Category:Cebuano endearing terms: Cebuano terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Cebuano familiar terms: Cebuano terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Cebuano formal terms: Cebuano terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Cebuano higher register terms: Cebuano terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Cebuano humorous terms: Cebuano terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Cebuano informal terms: Cebuano terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Cebuano nonstandard terms: Cebuano terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Cebuano terms with obsolete senses: Cebuano terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Cebuano obsolete terms: Cebuano terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Cebuano offensive terms: Cebuano terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Cebuano oxymorons: Cebuano terms that are juxtapositions of opposing ideas.
• Category:Cebuano placeholder terms: Cebuano terms used to refer to items for which one does not know or cannot recall the name, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely.
• Category:Cebuano poetic terms: Cebuano terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Cebuano proscribed terms: Cebuano terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Cebuano terms with rare senses: Cebuano terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Cebuano rare terms: Cebuano terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Cebuano short forms: Cebuano terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Cebuano slang: Cebuano colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Cebuano superseded forms: Cebuano forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:Cebuano terms of address: Cebuano terms used to refer to another person.
• Category:Cebuano terms with historical senses: Cebuano terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Cebuano trademarks: Cebuano terms that identify legal entities, their products and services, by means of legal protection — to some extent, in a number of jurisdictions — against unauthorized use of the terms.
• Category:Cebuano terms with uncommon senses: Cebuano terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Cebuano vulgarities: Cebuano terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.