badap

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• badaf
• badapidap
• badapsing
• badapski
• badash

Etymology

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

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

• bading