EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
scab...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/is-ki-ROL/
FIL: Isang manggagawa na tumatangging sumali sa welga o unyon, o isang taong nagtatrabaho kapalit ng mga manggagawang nagwewelga.
EN: scab
The ultimate 'sipsip' or traitor in a workplace protest. When everyone's outside chanting for better pay, the iskirol is the one who crosses the picket line to go to work, earning the side-eye of all their co-workers. Not a good look.
From Spanish 'esquirol'.
A highly negative and politically charged term, used to refer to a strikebreaker.
🇵🇭 Tinawag siyang iskirol ng mga kasamahan niya dahil pumasok siya sa trabaho sa gitna ng welga.
🇺🇸 His colleagues called him a scab because he went to work in the middle of the strike.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.