What Makes You a Pinoy? or Pinay?

Pinoy is a demonym used by Filipinos for their compatriots in the Philippines and around the world. Filipinos usually refer to themselves informally as Pinoy or some times feminine: Pinay, which is formed by taking the last four letters of the word 'Filipino' and adding the diminutive suffix -y. The word was coined by expatriate Filipino Americans during the 1920s and was later adopted by Filipinos in the Philippines.

Pinoy is another term for a male citizen of the Philippines. Pinay is the term of a female citizen of the Philippines. Both their parents must be 100 % Filipino.

Lets say the father is Chinese and the mother is Filipina, then we call the sibling as Tsinoy.

Here are some of what makes a Pinoy.

You know You Are a Filipino if…

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Hoy!
Everyone is his/her Tito and Tita
Children with at least 2 first names
huge spoon and fork in the dining room
Last Supper in the dining room
Some furniture wrapped in plastic
Sto Nino in the living room, or somewhere in the house
a grotto in the frontyard
tabo in the bathroom
eats more than 3 times a day
loves bagoong
eats balut
Holy Week means beach vacations
tells direction by pointing with the lips.
ask for the bill by making a rectangle in the air
"hand-carry", instead of "carry-on" luggage
sings in a party, ready with a videoke piece

In addition to Pinoy, Filipinos also refer themselves as Filipinos and Filipinas, Filipinos for the male gender (masculine), and Filipinas for the female gender (feminine).