This is a
racist or demeaning word used for Filipinos. It's a word that have been used by americans to describe a person from the island of the Philippines. It's is pretty much the same thing as calling them Negers. It is very sad to say that natives from the Philippines now used this word to describe themselves or their
people, little do they know the true meaning of the word. A minority of Filipinos do not like to be called Pinoy as they know the true meaning of this word and prefers to be called
Filipino.
On the other hand most Filipinos think that to be called "PINÓY" is fun, pride, is a cool way to call themselves because the word originated from the U.S.A and has the notion that anything from the U.S.A. is a good thing and is hip. But they do not know, of course, that the monicker "PINÓY" is a coinage, made in the
USA, fromparts of two words: PIN from "PhilipPINe" and OY from "unggÓY" meaning "monkey", "chimp" or "simean".
Thus, the literal meaning of the name PINÓY is a "monkey from the Philippines" PINÓY is also an offshoot of the
American lyrics for the
tune of "No te Vayas a Zamboanga" which goes" "For monkeys have no tails in far Zamboanga".. .. popularly sang during the American invasion and occupation of Las Islas Filipinas.
This vile minority of Filipinos, which is demonstrably ignorant, if not
stupid and corrupt from the start and to the
core, is the only one who in fractured English denies that the
Filipino is Hispanic.