We hear it everyday. We see it posted in Facebook, Plurk, Twitter and other SNS. You get text messages like it. But, what EXACTLY IS Jologs? Where did it originate? What constitutes being one?

It’s a boring, lazy Sunday and I tried to do a little Googling and share with you what I found…

JOLOGS, A STUDY

Definition(s)

To learn more about our subject, let’s see what the web defines it as such…

According to the Urban Dictionary, there are several definitions of the word

This study seems to validate the first definition, that of the daing-tuyo-itlong origin.

Now, that we have an idea of where the word originated, let’s take a look at the Factors that will make you Jologs;

JOLOGS KA KAPAG…

A. Fashion (from Death By Guilt)

• he or she wears fashion items from the ’80s, flamboyant and attention-catching.
• A young woman may be called jologs if she wears her hair in an updo and tucks in her blouses in brightly colored pencil skirts, or wears platform shoes from the Spice Girls era.
• Shoulder-padded blouses are definitely jologs.
• A man is jologs if he wears a suit jacket over a t-shirt and wears jeans.
• He is more jologs if the jeans he wears are “fashionably” tattered at the knees.
• Hair highlights in blond are jologs, especially if it is in stripes.
• The Dennis Rodman hairstyle is jologs.
• Ray-Ban eyeglasses are jologs.
• Colored socks may look good on girls, but not on young women, or anyone over 18, for that matter. F
• lared pants and bell-bottoms, which used to be “in”, are now considered jologs.

B. Music

• You like listening to baduy or “bakya” songs
• You like songs such as “Itaktak Mo”, “Ispageti”, “Bulaklak”, “Jumbo Hotdog”, or anything that Willie Revillame loves.
• You love, yucky LSS songs such as Nobody, etc.
• Fan ka ng Sexbomb
• Pag pumunta ka ng bar mag-re-request ka ng mga luma at baduy na kanta (insert song here)
• Feeling mo cool ka pag malaki ang headphones ng ipod mo? Tsk tsk.
• Parati mong pinapatug-tug ang hayop mong cellphone ng walang headphones. Di ka cool, gago. Naka-ka annoy ka.

C. Pop Culture

• Ang text mo ay di maintindihan. Often alternating small and caps letters with some numerals and/or special characters replacing the alphabet. A simple message such as Pare, punta ka sa site ni gmtristan sa facebook and be a fan will be something like this paRe, pnTA u sa sITe NI gmtRistAN sa facEboOk Nd BE a faN (Note: you can do this manually OR you can head to the online Jologs Translator to have fun)
• Names – you have this manic need to add an “H” to your name. See examples below
  • Bhaby
  • Jheff
  • Olivher
  • Vhong
  • Mildhred
  • Mhar
  • Bhoy
  • Ghirly
  • Jhing
  • Jhoy
• You don’t have table manners or don’t know how to properly eat in a restaurant
• Masyado kang Emo sa Facebook mo

I’m sure there are more definitions or criteria which can make someone Jologs.

But, ultimately, is it a bad thing?

For me, No. It’s a matter of personal choice. Everyone has a right to express himself (or herself). Society MUST NOT judge a person by the way he looks, the music he likes or even his cultural preferences. We can’t force someone to like what we like. That’s why we’re called INDIVIDUALS.

Maki Bajit sums it best in his post; “The jologs character may be subjected to embarrassment, or worse, becoming a laughingstock if he or she is in a community where invisible norms are strictly observed. On the other hand, the jologs would not be called such if in a community where everyone dresses and acts in the same fashion. They may be weird to look at, but without jologs, society will be bland. They are unique facets of a community who also play important roles in its development.”

SPECIAL THANKS (Resources)

• Death By Guilt
• Kalokohan.com

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