EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
A place or session for gossiping....
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/tsis-MI-san/
FIL: Isang lugar o pagtitipon kung saan nag-uusap-usap ang mga tao tungkol sa buhay ng iba, kadalasan ay walang katotohanan.
EN: A place or session for gossiping.
The national sport of the Philippines. It's the OG social media feed, happening in real-time over the bakod, sa tindahan, or even sa office pantry. Before DMs, there was the 'PM is the key' of the tsismisan circle.
From Spanish 'chisme' (gossip) + Tagalog suffix '-an' (place/activity).
ROOT MEANING: gossip, rumor
The suffix '-an' can denote either the act of doing something together (like a session) or the place where it happens.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang sasali sa tsismisan sa kanto, baka ikaw ang sunod na pag-usapan.
🇺🇸 Don't join the gossiping session at the corner, you might be the next topic.
🇵🇭 Naging sentro ng tsismisan ang bagong kapitbahay.
🇺🇸 The new neighbor became the center of the gossip session.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.