Chinito Rules: 2012

Latest Buzzwords You Ought to Know

Have you ever caught yourself N.R. (no reaction) in a conversation after hearing unfamiliar words? Words that you may have encountered over the net, chats, and other similar situations but you remain clueless after consulting Mr. Webster. If so, these words may be known as “buzzwords.”

So make way for these commonly used buzzwords and find yourself in a witty discussion.

Monitor Shopping

Origin: a play on the term “window shopping”

Definition: The act of browsing through online shopping sites without buying anything. It’s window shopping minus the walking around the mall.

Usage: Since I don’t have a paycheck yet, I have no choice but do some monitor shopping for now.

Lust-Have

Origin: lust + must-have

Definition: Refers to “to-die for” items which you have been wanting to buy (but you don’t really need).

Usage: The latest iPhone is a total lust-have!

Recyclopath

Origin: recycle + psychopath

Definition: This word is used to describe someone who is so into recycling that he or she does not want to throw away anything he or she owns.

Usage: Our room is almost starting to look like a junk shop because of my sister who’s a recyclopath.

Foodophile

Origin: food + suffix –phile, which means love

Definition: This is the new term for food enthusiasts. You will often see a foodophile anywhere from gourmet restaurants to weekend food markets.

Usage: I want to try a lot of good restaurants. I’m a certified foodophile.

Twypo

Origin: Twitter + typo (short for typographical error)

Definition: If you mistyped a word or made an accidental grammatical mistake while tweeting.

Usage: Sorry for the twypo in my last tweet.

Fruit Salad

Origin: An allusion to the colorful, Christmas dessert

Definition: In fashion, it is the 2012 term for an outfit that has mixed prints that are big and bold. Think Lady Gaga.

Usage: Katy Perry came to the awards show in a fruit salad, but it actually worked for her. She became the center of attention.

Sources:

www.thefreedictionary.com/buzzwords

http://www.spot.ph/gallery/1884/spot-ph-rsquo-s-10-buzzwords-you-ought-to-know-in-2012/article/50203#pid=32166

STI –STIMULI Magazine

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Good to Know as a Zamboangueño

OPINION

I bet majority of the youth today don’t know about this. Despite the many mishaps that our city is experiencing nowadays, I believe that there are still many good things to be grateful for.

I’ve always get nuisances when I hear anything about politics. To me, it was all about yada yada yada, blah blah blah, nah nah nah. But everything changed when I learned about the story of one great Zamboangueño who made me realized that, no, not all politicians are crocodiles.

City Mayor Cesar Cortez Climaco

Nobody expected that a mere janitor would become a great leader. That is where perseverance, dreams and a good heart led our beloved Mayor Cesar Climaco.

28 years ago, November 14, 1984, a scene of a fire at the Gov. Alvarez St. fronting La Merced Memorial Homes was happening destroying a beautiful part of the city. The Mayor, being dedicated to his genuine service to the people of Zamboanga, personally went to the burning site where flame and devastation ignite. As he drove back to his office, a gunman, unidentified until this time, shot him in the nape which caused his demise.

Today, as we remember him in his Death Anniversary, we smile with all pride and honor, we look back to all his passionate deeds, and we salute a hero with so much gratefulness in our hearts.

I remember how he would drive his motorcycle even without bodyguards..

I remember how he would stop just to give candies to kids playing in the street..

I remember how he would sweetly pinch a couple’s cheeks to reconcile them during an LQ..

I remember how carefree he was not to mind being dirty in a construction work..

I remember singing “Hay si Cesar.. Hay si Cesar.. Hay si Ceeeesar Climaco.. Maskin viejo pero gwapo.. Hay si Cesar Climaco..”

That’s how close he was to the people’s hearts. Indeed, he was well-loved.

Thank you so much Mayor Climaco. You will always be alive in our hearts.