Jejemon: Pop culture phenomenon in the Philippines
A Jejemon (tl: /ˈdʒɛdʒɛmon/) is a type of person in the Philippines who makes the English language hard to read.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer call them different but happy because of their language and clothes.
The word Jejemon came from people who like to write "hehehe" as "jejeje" because "jeje" is Spanish for hehe due to the sound J makes in Spanish. "-Mon" is added at the end. This is from the Japanese anime Pokémon. "-Mon" means "monster." They are "jeje-monsters."
People
Jejemons started to appear because of cellphones. Cellphones can only use 160 characters so people who use them write shorter words to save space. Jejemons don't want this so they made their words longer.
People who are Jejemons are described based on levels. These are "mild," "moderate", "severe", or "terminal."
Jejenese and Jejebet
| Jejenese | |
|---|---|
| jEJ3n3Se | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Ethnicity | Jejemon |
Creole
| |
| Jejebet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | cpe |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Jejemons speak Jejenese based on Taglish and Englog. Jejenese is also referred to as "street language". Their alphabet, Jejebet, is based on Leet. Words are created by mixing letters in a word, mixed large and small letters, using the letters H, X or Z many times, and mixing of numbers in words. The spelling is the same as Leetspeak.
Examples
| English | Tagalog | Jejenese |
|---|---|---|
| I would like to know more about you, care to tell me your name? Hehehehe! | Nais kitang makilala, maaari mo bang masabi sa akin ang iyong pangalan? Hahaha! | i wuD LLyK tO knOw moR3 bOut u. crE 2 t3ll mE yur N@me? jejejejeje! |
| Hello, how are you? | Maligayang bati po, kamusta na? | 3ow ph0w, mUsZtAh nA? |
| I miss you! | Sabik na kitang makita! | iMiszqcKyuH! |
| Hello. | Maligayang bati po. | eEoWpFhUeEhsxz. |
| I love you. | Mahal Kita. | lAbqCkyOuHh. |
| How are you? | Kamusta? | uZtaH? |
| I | ako | aQcKuHh |
| you (sg.) | ikaw | ickahawh beeebbs2 |
| you (pl.) | kayo | kaHy00h |
| po (for politeness) | pfHoE | |
| po (same as above) | ph0w | |
| hahaha (laughter) | jAjaJa | |
| hehehe (smart laughter) | jeJejE |
Reactions
Facebook fan pages were made in support and against the group. Celebrities have condemned some attacks. Jejebusters were created to fight jejetyping and jejemons. The Department of Education of the Philippines (DepEd) discourages students from using Jejemon spelling and grammar.
References
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