1) people coming from, were born in, or are citizens of, the Philippines
general characteristics are:
-flat noses
-brown skin
-black/dark brown hair
-around 4-6 feet in height
-hard workers
-a love for foreign brands (a.k.a colonial mentality)
-strong feeling of camaraderie (a.k.a bayanihan)
-if they call themselves "PINOY", it means they are filipino.
-over-dramatic acting
-weird soap operas
-versions of popular foreign tv shows are often popularized.
(ex. Deal or No Deal, Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader (kakasa ka ba sa grade 5?), Survivor, Don't Forget The Lyrics (the singing bee, k!), Jeopardy (Game K N B?))
-food-loving
-good at cooking
-has relatives aspiring to work abroad

2) the OFFICIAL language of the Philippines,
(the filipino word for the language=pilipino, and the nationality=filipino)
that uses an alphabet comprising of originally 20 letters,
but 8 'hiram na letra' or 'borrowed letters' have been
added, namely, C, F, J, ñ, Q, V, and X.

3) for us sadly bored students of the Philippines, it is also a subject, feared and almost as hated as Math. ;_; a small percent of us actually fail at it.

Pinoy- filipino person/s

OFW- Overseas Filipino Workers

People Power- the nick for the first ever peaceful revolution

GMA- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, president (as of 2008), corrupt, and generally hated

Manny Pacquiao- boxing champion

jeep/dyip/jeepneys- a sort of popular public transport (google it)

Taglish- a mix of eng...

Filipinos are descendants of the Philippine Islands, an area in the Asian continent. However, Filipinos have little in common with other Asians such as the Vietnamese, Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, etc.

Filipinos are Pacific Islanders. They have more in common with the people of the neighboring islands of Samoa, Guam, and Hawaii.

A native of the Philippines, so called in honour of Spanish king Philip II. Filipinos are notorious for being the only Hispanics in Asia. Family-oriented people, they are fond of fiestas, church-going and commercial centers. They speak Malay languages mixed with an awful lot of Spanish words. They like dancing Iberian dances, as the jota, and eat lechón, mechado, arroz caldo, pan de sal and many more Spanish delicacies. Filipinos shock their Spanish brethren from Spain and America for not being able to speak Spanish.Instead, they try to converse with them in broken English, a language that most Hispanics totally ignore. Filipinos have Spanish names and surnames, although many of them seem to ignore that fact. They are fond of Spanish diminutives to call themselves, as Lito, Pilita, Solita, Conchín, Tato, Manín, Cory, Luli, and many more. Although the Philippines enjoyed a wonderful architectural Spanish heritage, everything was destroyed by the Americans, so now they have nothing.

A person who speaks only in consonants

A type of Asian group. They can go as Asians or Pacfic Islanders. In America, Filipinos can be seen usually as a follower of african-american culture or a prep. The prep instance happens more often. The stereotype that they are wealthy is false. They are just budget-conscious and they get their nice clothes (filipinos love Lacoste with a passion) cheap. Although they may be wealthy, they are very humble people, just not really by appearance. (You see a woman with a Dooney & Bourke purse and a Tommy Hilfiger shirt.) Overall, they are a hard-working people who tend to be successful in life.

An asian type sort of people. Most consider themselves to be more of the HISPANIC ethnicity (because of the huge similarities in surnames) or their OWN kind of race.
A majority (Est:98%) of Filipino people are born and raised Catholic so DO NOT I repeat DO NOT ask them to engage or participate in any sort of misconduct. They are usually honest hard working folks who try to stay away from bad people and situations.
Famously known for their year round always sweet riped mangos and tagalog dialect, they are just about the most loveliest wonderful kind of people.

Typically a well meaning, newly immigrating Registered Nurse, or a Pinay RN who has been here for 20 years yet is still skilled with broken & second-rate english, proudly pluralizing every noun in their comprehensive vocabulary such as "paperworks",
"informations", &
"da poods"(the food).