Pinoy
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Slang for Filipino male.
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Pinoy - short for the term FILIPINO. Filipino a national of Philippine Republic, it is located part of south easthern asia just below China and Taiwan.
Most Filipinos or Pinoys are christians largely dominated by ROMAN CATHOLIC religion approx. 87% of population. Some 10% percent Protestants...and some muslims in the south. -
Originally a term coined for Filipinos living in America, it has become widely used in the PI as well as the States.
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-used by Filipinos for their compatriots in the Philippines and around the world. Filipinos usually refer to themselves informally as Pinoy or some times feminine: Pinay, which is formed by taking the last four letters of the word Filipino and adding the diminutive suffix -y. The word was coined by expatriate Filipino Americans during the 1920s and was later adopted by Filipinos in the Philippines.
-Pinoy is a term of endearment and is rarely used in formal settings. The term is akin to that of a nickname which is used by close family members and friends so that one who uses it somehow already developed some close ties with Filipinos.
-The term especially gained popular currency in the late 1970s in the Philippines when a surge in patriotism made a hit song of Filipino folksinger Heber Bartolomes Tayoy mga Pinoy (We are Filipinos), and later with famous Filipino band Bamboos Noy-pi (Pinoy in reversed syllables).
-In addition to Pinoy, Filipinos also refer themselves as Filipinos and Filipinas, Filipinos for the male gender (masculine), and Filipinas for the female gender (feminine). -
A Pinoy is a filipino man. A Pinay is a filipino woman. Get it? Oh ya and by the way filipinos are NOT pacific islanders... who the hell said that we were any way? the Philippines are in the map in ASIA not near Hawaii where Samoan or Tajisian people are! and yes people... believe it or not filipinos ARE asian.
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a filipino man and for a woman pinay
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When used as a verb, to pinoy means to [whine] incessantly about inconsequential matters. The fullest extent of pinoying includes starting [boycotts], sending letters to corporate executives, creating Facebook [hate] pages, and even filing frivolous [lawsuits].
Examples of Pinoying include demanding four different apologies from Adam Carolla for a joke, or sending protest letters to AT -
Losers who dont accept defeats. When they got lose in a competition, they think they have been cheated or robbed and cry that judges are unfair or racist to them.
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A word used to describe a noob or person who doesnt speak your language in a video game
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