"I am a jejemon addict," said the portly 17-year-old Pojas. "I don't know what the big fuss is all about. It's orig (unique) to people my age, like street lingo but on the net and texting.

For Manila high school student Laudemer Pojas, jejemon is an important part of his lifestyle that allows him to talk with friends using coded messages beyond the grasp of his strict parents. “I am a ...

Jejemon, I think, is not one that has a long shelf life,” she adds. Among all this opposition, jejemon found an “ally” with the chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the ...

In fact, if they have to, they may even use jejemon. The lack of Filipino-to-English translations that could fully encapsulate Filipino feelings and culture prompted the education secretary to ...

The incoming vice president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is open to the use of the “jejemon" language in order to get the support of the Filipino youth in their fight ...

For netizens, more Filipino words in the Oxford English Dictionary mean more fun. According to the dictionary's latest update, “evidence for these usages is not just found in ...