EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
corny; cheesy...
disinfectant...
dysentery...
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/ma-IS/
FIL: Isang biruan, komento, o pag-uugali na luma, hindi nakakatawa, at pilit.
EN: corny; cheesy
The official term for your tito's jokes or that pickup line you heard from a 90s movie. It's when someone tries to be funny but it just lands with a thud. "Stop it with the puns, ang **mais** mo!" Derived from the English word 'corny', not the plant.
From English 'corny', possibly reinforced by the word for corn, 'mais'. A form of code-switching that became a word.
A slang term that has become mainstream.
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🇵🇭 Tumigil ka na nga sa mga pickup line mo, sobrang mais!
🇺🇸 Stop with your pickup lines already, they're so corny!
🇵🇭 Tawa na lang tayo sa joke niya kahit mais.
🇺🇸 Let's just laugh at his joke even if it's corny.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.