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/ [bɐˈdap]
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Syllabification: ba‧dap

Noun

badáp (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜉ᜔)

  1. (colloquial, gay slang) 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.
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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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