AFAM

== English == === Alternative forms === afam, Afam === Etymology === Possibly an acronym of a foreigner around Manila. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Philippine) /ɐˈfam/ IPA(key): (non-Philippine) /ˈeɪfæm/ === Noun === AFAM (plural AFAMs) (Philippines, chiefly gay slang, women's speech) A foreigner in the Philippines (usually male). Synonym: kano (loosely) Any foreigner in the Philippines. === Further reading === Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 2 https://www.quora.com/What-does-afam-mean-in-the-Philippines-Ive-heard-it Isola Fong (2022), “Futur:st”, in Adam Nathaniel Furman, Joshua Mardell, editors, Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories‎[1], Routledge, →ISBN Earth Rullan (2020), Earthlingorgeous Life Interrupted‎[2], Ukiyoto Publishing, →ISBN Zosimo Quibilan Jr. (2006), Pagluwas‎[3], UP Press, →ISBN Martin F. Manalansan IV (2003), Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora‎[4], Durham and London: Duke University Press, →ISBN Rolando S. Tinio (1990), A Matter of Language: Where English Fails‎[5], University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === afam, Afam === Etymology === Borrowed from English AFAM, possibly an acronym of “a foreigner around Manila”. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈfam/ [ʔɐˈfam] IPA(key): (with nativization) /ʔaˈpam/ [ʔɐˈpam] Rhymes: -am Syllabification: A‧FAM === Noun === AFAM (chiefly gay slang, women's speech) a white foreigner in the Philippines (usually male) any foreigner in the Philippines a white American in the Philippines (usually male) Synonym: Kano === Further reading === Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 2 Isola Fong (2022), “Futur:st”, in Adam Nathaniel Furman, Joshua Mardell, editors, Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories‎[6], Routledge, →ISBN Earth Rullan (2020), Earthlingorgeous Life Interrupted‎[7], Ukiyoto Publishing, →ISBN Zosimo Quibilan Jr. (2006), Pagluwas‎[8], UP Press, →ISBN Martin F. Manalansan IV (2003), Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora‎[9], Durham and London: Duke University Press, →ISBN Kandice Chuh; Karen Shimakawa (2001), Orientations: Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora‎[10], Duke University Press, →ISBN Rolando S. Tinio (1990), A Matter of Language: Where English Fails‎[11], University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN