buryong
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Waray-Waray [Term?]. Originated from 1980s prison slang, referring to the fits of insanity by prisoners who have been incarcerated for long without contact with family and the outside world.
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Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
buryóng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔)
- (originally prison slang) bored and irritated from being confined or locked up; suffering from cabin fever
Noun[edit]
buryóng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔)
- (slang, specifically) boredom and irritability resulting from incarceration
- 2002, Ani:
- Maayos naman ang lahat: hindi malamig ang gabi at hindi bilog ang buwan; walang buryong o kalungkutang tinatakasan; walang insomyang inililibang; walang kataksilang pinaghihigantian.
- Everything's fine: the night is not cool and the moon is not round; there is no boredom or loneliness to escape from; there is no insomnia to waste one's time; there is no treachery to avenge.
- 2006, Jun Cruz Reyes, Armando:
- Hindi tama ang malaking problema para sa isang kadre, kundi ang buryong.
- Insanity is not a big problem for a cadre, but boredom and irritability from being confined.
- (by extension) cabin fever