Afam

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."

by Metrotalk March 13, 2009

Afam

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!

by A person who never lies. December 11, 2019

Afam

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"

by NlenClrsre March 29, 2015

AFAM

An gay lingo and also an Filipino slang which means "foreigner"

That white AFAM looks older than their real age

by cutiecute April 15, 2018

AFAM

A Filipino slang and also a gay lingo means "foreigner" or;
Short for African American

That white AFAM likes to get tan

by cutiecute April 15, 2018

AFAM

American Filipino Assigned In Manila

That gwardiya is an AFAM.

by ChaseRizal April 2, 2018

AfAm

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."

by Just Another Other Person March 31, 2011