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English
Pronunciation
Noun
T-bird (plural T-birds)
- (informal) A Ford Thunderbird.
Tagalog
Etymology
A play on English T-bird, short for Thunderbird. Further popularized by 1982 movie T-Bird at Ako (literally, “T-Bird and I”).
Pronunciation
Noun
T-bird (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔) (slang)
- butch; dyke; lesbian (especially a masculine one)
- Synonyms: tibo, tomboy, binalaki
Further reading
- “T-bird”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 136