Monday, October 22, 2007

Kape 101

I love coffee. It's the stuff that *should* be injected to me via IV if I get hospitalized. I know you guys like it too, but did you know that coffee has another use as a word? Here's kape 101 for you.

kape [ka-pe]
    - noun
    1. the tagalog word for coffee, primary source of caffeine for most people
    2. in a dialect of gay lingo (my friend Francois' to be exact), it has the following meanings:
             a. insult or non-flattering statement reserved for people who are too assuming (read: garapal gooms) or too proud of qualities that are nonexistent in themselves
             b. a shorter, more effective way of saying, "get over yourself"
             c. can also be used as a verb, magkape

Proper use of Kape:
Kape is mostly used for the unbelievably insensitive and the remarkably dense. For maximum effect, it should be delivered by a gay person.

Examples:

"Magkape nga sya, ang ganda pala nya eh."
"Magkape ka nga para kabahan ka naman ng konti sa mga pinagsasasabi mo."
"Akala lang nya magaling sya, kailangang magkape nun para magising sa katotohanan."

Got it?
... This lesson was brought to us by nano_speaks, skittlebean_lei, and the letters W, T, and F.

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