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also A.F.A.M.

(noun)

Slang: foreigner.

This term rose to popular use when strip club dancers in Metro Manila started to abbreviate what they called the foreigners who came to watch them dance; each one was "A Foreigner Assigned in Manila."

As more of the foreigners explored the rest of the country, so did the word.
"Tip the waiter well, a lot of afams eat here, and they tip well."
Afam by Metrotalk March 13, 2009
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A handsome individual. Is smooth with all the ladies. An athletic individual. A loyal individual. He is husband material. Just a kind, smart, cute male, everything you want in a male
Oh I wish I had a man like Afam.

Someone get me a husband like Afam!
Afam by A person who never lies. December 10, 2019
An gay lingo and also an Filipino slang which means "foreigner"
That white AFAM looks older than their real age
AFAM by cutiecute May 27, 2018
Slang for "African-American", taking the first two letters of each word to make "Afam". Refers to African Americans or Black.
Yeah, my best friend is an afam"

"So this Afam guy, tried to hit on my girl"
Afam by NlenClrsre March 30, 2015
A Filipino slang and also a gay lingo means "foreigner" or;
Short for African American
That white AFAM likes to get tan
AFAM by cutiecute May 27, 2018
That gwardiya is an AFAM.
AFAM by ChaseRizal May 19, 2018
Abbreviation for "African-American" that saves time in conversation and when writing text.
The AfAm lady gave a speech on why all AfAms should be proud of the AfAm label. "AfAms," she declared, "Your family might have been here for 400 years, but I have built my academic career as an AfAm academic in an AfAm Studies Department on the idea that we are not real Americans, but hyphentated AfAms."