Filipinx
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A Filipina or Filipino (of any gender). US, neologism
- 1 Filipina or Filipino (and any gender). not-comparable, rare
"I didn't want people knowing I was Filipinx, or Chinese, I didn't want them laughing at my culture, or my food, or asking me why my clothes always smelled like I had just come from a buffet."
Synonyms
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More examples"I didn't want people knowing I was Filipinx, or Chinese, I didn't want them laughing at my culture, or my food, or asking me why my clothes always smelled like I had just come from a buffet."
Etymology
The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o of Filipina and Filipino, which are from Spanish filipina and Spanish filipino, both from Spanish Filipinas (“Philippines”), from Felipe II de España (“Philip II of Spain”), from Felipe (“Philip”).
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