Bisdak Words

Postura or most likely used variant in bisaya, Pamostura (verb) comes from the Spanish word “postura” which means posture. In bisaya, this generally means, the way one dressed up. (SeeRead More

Did you know that Kulas is an irreverent nickname for a venerable old school for girls, St. Scholastica’s College? It’s not only your famous friendly neighbor named Kulas!

Onomatopoeic sound of the “cackling” of chicken. In Tagalog it also means loud manner of talking specially for woman. “Putak ka ng putak”.

Tabaching or tabachingching or taba taba ching ching or tabatsing.. fat but cute little one. Must read tabachoy.

Fat person, see also tabachoy.

From tagalog word, taba which means fat, tabachoy means an overweight person. Also called tabatsoy. For a cute little one, “tabaching” or “tabachingching”.

Gipaminaw means, “gipamati.. sa lawas’, something is wrong with the body, not feeling well. While “Gi paminaw” means, listening, like listening to the conversation or music.

Tamsi is a local name of a certain kind of bird. However folks used to call someone “tamsi” that means “tambok” na “siksi”, (chubby but sexy).