pipitsugin

• pipichugin, pipitchugin
• pipityugin

Said to be a play from pipit (“native sparrow, usually seen in rural areas”) and pitso (“breast of fowl”), according to Zorc (1993). See also Spanish pechuga (“breast; shamelessness”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pipiˈt͡ʃuɡin/ [pɪ.pɪtˈt͡ʃuː.ɣɪn̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /pipitˈsuɡin/ [pɪ.pɪt̪ˈsuː.ɣɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -uɡin
• Syllabification: pi‧pit‧su‧gin

pipitsugin (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜄᜒᜈ᜔) (colloquial, derogatory)

1. low-class; subpar; cheap

   Synonyms: hamak, mumurahin, puchu-puchu, mahina, pangit

2. incompetent

   Synonyms: walang-kaya, walang-kakayahan

3. thin

   Synonyms: payat, manipis

4. easily mistreated and taken advantage of

   Synonyms: api-apihan, minamaliit, kakaning-itik

pipitsugin (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜄᜒᜈ᜔) (colloquial, derogatory)

1. something or someone incompetent
2. beginner; greenhorn; neophyte

   Synonyms: baguhan, bagito

• “pipitsugin”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “pipitsugin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 112