what exactly does the word(s) "pinoy/pinay" mean? is it just a short way of saying "fillipino/a"

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is it a nickname like "aussie" is a short or nickname for "australian"?

e.g. the breakfast menu at a hotel in cebu offered either a fillipino breakfast or a pinoy breakfast

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I think it's a slang term for filipino or filipina ... yeah it's like a short term for filipino/filipina ... now a days ... we don't often use that among the youth

Anonymous · Answer

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 sometimes the feminine Pinay.

Danny J · Answer

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 sometimes the feminine Pinay.

xoxo_846aj · Answer

Pinoy is for male, 
pinay for female.

it is what we call to the one who lives in the country of the philippines.

ice_godess29 · Answer

yeaa. pinoy/pinay is KINDA a shortcut for filipino/a. but not actually. its just some kind of "term" we use. :)

what exactly does the word(s) "pinoy/pinay" mean? is it just a short way of saying "fillipino/a"

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