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jologs

jologs

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • jologz, jolog (Filipino slang)

Noun

jologs

  1. A young person from the squatter area, usually a teenaged male or female.
    May mga jologs na nakatira duon sa may creek
    Some punks live there in the creekside slums
  2. Any person deemed to be acting, exhibiting behaviours, in a manner similar to the commonly observed behaviour of slums teenagers.
    `Wag ka nga magulo, jologs ka ...
    Hey cut it out, you're being jologs...

Adjective

jologs

  1. Gaudy, unelegant, or without refinement in taste.
    Pang-jologs na damit, pang-jologs na abubot
    Typical jologs getups, gaudy accessories

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Synonyms

Verb

jologs

  1. (informal) to make a complete jackass of oneself; to do something without refinement
    Gusto kong magwala, jumologs... -- I wanna go wild, get crunk...
  2. to go out of fashion
    Nang nauso ang mga cellphone, naging jologs ang mga beeper at pager hanggang sa ang mga ito'y nawala sa araw-araw na gamitan. -- When cellphones came to rise, beepers and pagers became unfashionable until these disappeared from everyday things.
  3. (informal) to punk; to play practical jokes on people for cheap thrills
    Jologin natin siya. -- Let's punk him/her.
  4. (informal) to backstab. (compare definition 3 above)
    Jinolog mo ako! -- You backstabbed me!

Inflection

Past
  • jumologs: has become unfashionable
  • jinologs: to make something unfashionable, to backstab, to punk
Present
  • jumojologs: is becoming unfashionable, is in process of playing pranks or backstabbing
  • nagjojologs: is purposely playing pranks, is backstabbing
  • jinojologs (ang or si), jinojologan: is backstabbing (something or someone)
Future
  • magjojologs (sa or kay): will play pranks (onto something or someone), will backstab
  • jojologs: will be unfashionable and/or lame
  • jologin, jologan, ijologs: to make unfashionable, to pull a prank on, to backstab

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