A
unique language in which the speaker or writer tries to substitute more sophisticated
words in place of simpler English
words resulting in a sentence that only the speaker or writer understands.
Pinoybonics: Ricky said, not only because the shop is owned by a fellow Filipino but the manner by which it quickly absolved itself from being blamed. The car was found days later by the police stripped to the
bare.
This is what it means: Ricky said the shop denied responsibility. The police found the car days later stripped
bare.
Pinoybonics: Would have the shop given my friend a swift disavowal if he weren’t Filipino? Without a
blink, the response would be a big no.
Maybe I’m naïve but I believe that
even among ourselves we discriminate. Stories
like my friend’s continue to abound in our midst. It becomes more disheartening if the
pain came from a Filipino business you would normally trust.
This is what it means: My friend was treated differently because he is a Filipino. We discriminate amongst ourselves. My friend's story is
common. It just makes it much worse if the discrimination is practiced by a countryman whom you would normally trust.
Pinoybonics: Rillera said most often, we are told to patronize our own products and the businesses of our countrymen. Yet when things
go wrong, we are shoved away to silence and treated differently as if we were a trouble maker. Isn’t this an
oxymoron like when someone says working vacation?
Meaning: Sorry I don't know what it means.
