Generessions (Generation's Expressions)

"Pst. Pogi, wampipti"

"Sana all"

"Charot"

"Flex ko lang..."

Above are the most used expressions on social media, namely Facebook, Twitter and the likes. Even outside social media world, they are being used, most especially by the millenials.

Today's generation, seemingly, youth's world evolves on social media that upon waking up in the morning, they browse their accounts first even before eating or before doing anything else and till before they go to bed, they never failed to at least open their social media accounts and if not most of the time, they sometimes post status with their own hashtags. With these scenarios on social media, youth now became more witty then hastag expressions has boomed. Even outside the internet world, these expressions are being heared.

"Pst pogi, wampipti"

This expression has been used either of the genders and sexes. Whenever we see 'oppa', we can't help ourselves to say, 'pst pogi wampipti' then laugh after realizing what we have just said.

Moreover, behind this expression is a story of a gay ( not meant to offend somebody), who is trying to call for the attention of a boy to do the 'thing' and in exchange, the gay will pay 150 pesos. However, this is just a meme but portrays reality. Mind you, this is somewhat offensive on the part of those people especially men, who find no humor into it. So be careful who you throw this as a joke.

"Sana all"

"Walang araw na hindi ko narinig yang 'sana all' na yan," this was the statement of a friend who act frustrated to what's happening now but there is humor into it. It is just funny to think that whenever youth see couples walking down the street, do not be surprised if somebody shouts 'sana all'.

This expression has different versions because of the millennials' wittiness. There is this sana ol, china oil, and sana oil. However, exploitation of the creation of different expressions sometimes go beyond limits.

"Charot"

This is the other term for the word "joke". Actually, this expression is a gay language term.

Scrolling down our social media accounts, we often see this expression. I remember from a Facebook status I've read, "i love you CHAROT," this explains that, in every 'charot', there is a hidden 'harot'. See how playful the minds of millennials now? On the other way around, they must know who, when and where to use the expressions they created on their own.

"Flex ko lang..."

On the vocabulary of millenals, flex means to display something to be proud of or something funny. Like what we usually see on Facebook status', example, "flex ko lang yung klase naming pamilya raw pero may magjowa", "flex ko lang yung teacher naming mabait" and many more. Many are flexible, but not all are being flexed.

One time, a meme caught my attention saying "walang nag fe flex sa akin, baka kasi matukkul ako", is a different thing when we speak literally.

However, these expressions prove that this is a modern world. Where there will always be the birth of something new and different. It is also the sign of modernization where millennials meddle with everything that might caught their interest and get into it with.

In our everyday lives, it is not healthy if we take things too much in a serious way. Might as well, make fun of things sometimes. We cannot avoid to make these funny things to apply in our daily lives without even realizing. That at the end, we find ourselves laughing about our 'kajejehan' as they say but most importantly, all these things and experiences are priceless. That even in our own little ways, we experienced having fun with our generation's expressions.