EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
celluloid...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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FIL: Isang uri ng plastik na gawa mula sa nitrocellulose at camphor, na dating malawakang ginagamit sa paggawa ng pelikula at mga potograpiya.
EN: celluloid
The OG material for movies before everything went digital. This is the stuff that made FPJ and Dolphy's classics possible. When old-timers talk about 'the magic of celluloid,' they're referring to the actual film strip. Think of it as the physical ancestor of your Netflix stream. It's flammable, fragile, and smells like history.
From English 'celluloid'.
Often used metaphorically to refer to cinema or the film industry itself.
🇵🇭 Maraming luma at makasaysayang pelikula ang nakaimbak pa rin sa seluloid.
🇺🇸 Many old and historic films are still stored on celluloid.
🇵🇭 Ang mga bituin ng seluloid noong araw ay may kakaibang karisma.
🇺🇸 The stars of the celluloid back in the day had a unique charisma.
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