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
  • Hyphenation: ba‧dap
  • IPA(key): /baˈdap/, [bɐˈdap]

Noun

badáp

  1. (colloquial, gay slang) gay (male homosexual); effeminate man; womanish man; homosexual male; hermaphrodite
    Synonyms: bakla, bading, bayot, beki, baklita, binabae
    • 1981, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines, The Diliman Review, Volume 29:
      ...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.

Derived terms

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

Further reading
  • Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, pages 10-11
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