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Pinoy is a demonym used by Filipinos for their compatriots in the Philippines and around the world. Filipinos usually refer to themselves informally as Pinoy (feminine: Pinay), which is formed by taking the last four letters of the word �Pilipino� and adding the diminutive suffix -y. The word was coined by expatriate Filipino Americans during the 1920s and was later adopted by Filipinos in the Philippines.

Pinoy is a term of endearment and is rarely used in formal settings. The term is akin to that of a nickname which is used by close family members and friends so that one who uses it somehow already developed some close ties with Filipinos.

The term especially gained popular currency in the late 1970s in the Philippines when a surge in patriotism made a hit song of Filipino folksinger Heber Bartolome’s Tayo’y mga Pinoy (We are Filipinos).

The Filipino version of the reality TV series Big Brother, which began in 2005, is called Pinoy Big Brother, and has a theme tune entitled Pinoy Ako (English: I�m Filipino).

Blogosphere is the collective term encompassing all blogs as a community or social network. Many weblogs are densely interconnected; bloggers read others� blogs, link to them, reference them in their own writing, and post comments on each others� blogs. Because of this, the interconnected blogs have grown their own culture.


Pinoy + Blogosphere = Pinoy Blogosphere


so·ci·e·ty(s-s-t)

n. pl. so·ci·e·ties
Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/society

1.

a. The totality of social relationships among humans.
b. A group of humans broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture.
c. The institutions and culture of a distinct self-perpetuating group.
2. An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest: a folklore society; a society of bird watchers.
3.

a. The rich, privileged, and fashionable social class.
b. The socially dominant members of a community.

4. Companionship; company: enjoys the society of friends and family members.
5. Biology A colony or community of organisms, usually of the same species: an insect society.


Pinoy Bloggers Society will be our group’s name until we come up with a better one

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