badap

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • badaf
  • badapidap
  • badapsing
  • badapski
  • badash

Etymology

Possibly from a blend of babae +‎ dapat[1] or from a coinage from lyrics to short musical rhythm.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈdap/ [bɐˈd̪ap̚]
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Syllabification: ba‧dap

Noun

badáp (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜉ᜔) (colloquial, gay slang)

  1. gay (male homosexual); effeminate man; womanish man; homosexual male; hermaphrodite
    Synonyms: bakla, bading, bayot, beki, baklita, binabae
    • 1981, The Diliman Review, Volume 29, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines:
      ...manonood, kolehiyala man o tsimay, macho o badap, ang sex. Pansinin na lamang ang hilatsa ng mga bagong lahi nina Rogelio de la Rosa at Carmen Rosales.
      ...viewers, whether collegial or a maid, macho or gay, the sex. Just notice the thread of the new breeds of Rogelio de la Rosa and Carmen Rosales.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “badap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  2. ^ Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 10
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