Extinction Started on a Text messages, Friendster, then facebook and now they are invading over the Television, radio, and in all places. Who doesn’t know the word “Jejemon’?
After a long argument about this Jejemon Fad, I could say that jejemon have leveled up and reached their recognition a success. Not even a typhoon can stop the jejemon, a person who likes to deliberately exaggerate a word's spelling in text messaging and social networks. Despite being bashed by the grammar police, he certainly had the last laugh, or should we say, "ajejeje."
As they reached fame besting 9 other finalists, jejemon was chosen as Salita ng Taon (Word of the Year) in this year's Sawikaan 2010 organized by the Filipinas Institute of Translation Inc. (FIT). The academic conference was held in the University of the Philippines from July 29 to 30. Closely running second in the Sawikaan 2010 was Ondoy, an adjective referring to a typhoon with the same name which hit Metro Manila late last year. Other finalists include those that have been used by Filipinos in the past 2 years such as: Unli, Load, Solb, Emo, Ampatuan, Spam, Tarpo, Namumutbol. In the last Sawikaan held in 2007, the Word of the Year was miskol, a Tagalog term for "missed call," or a call that was not answered. No words made it as Word of the Year in 2008 and 2009, since Sawikaan organizers felt there was no new word deserving of the title.
Song intended for them also hits the radio. From my favorite hot girl group Mocha Girls Song title’s “Wag Kang Jejemon (Don’t Be A Jejemon)”, a hip-hoppy song about the Jejemon’s ways. The song is already playing in several radio stations in the country.
Not only on the radio because if you will try to watch the television jejemon word is always has the scene even there fashion statement.
And now there will be an upcoming situational comedy that is produced by GMA Network, starring Eugene Domingo, Wendell Ramos, Jennica Garcia and Gelli de Belen its called JejeMom (Jejemon Mother)
Jejemon also become a hot topic in the “saksi” primetime news on GMA Network.
And featured on “Jessica Soho Reports”
And guess what? hahaha... someone manage to own a jejestore it’s called “Jejemon Store” where you can buy jejecaps, jejeshirts, jejebracelets, jejeshoes and other jeje apparels.
Try to visit their site http://www.jejemonstore.com/
It’s interesting that Jejemons are typically being discriminated in Philippine culture and yet Jejemon invades. Its a FAD... a funny one *jejeje
As I say on my previous blog
http://blogniborontok.blogspot.com/2010/04/jejemon-invasion.html
I don't like them nor hate them. But I think jejemon was just a fad. We don't have to discriminate or give pessimistic comments about them. They have their own life and sure we have our own. And it's our choice if we want to be with them or just let them exist or hate them. But the bottom line is why are so many Filipino affected with this fad to the point of blogging something awful about our country's education, in our country's people. May be for you they are nonsense but they are who they are. Accept the fact. As Rain Bojangles says, “If they can't swallow facts, let them eat fiction.”
“Don’t Judge a Person by its TYPO… *ajejejeje”
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