from answers.com
- aggrupation - group or cluster
- for a while - used on the telephone to mean please hold
- gimmick - slang meaning to have a good time, party, watch a movie.
- get/go down (a vehicle) - "to get off"; derived from Tagalog context ("Bumaba ka", meaning "get down")
- C.R. - toilet, bathroom. C.R. are initials for Comfort Room.
- open/close the light - switch on/off the light.
- take home - take-out (or "to go" in AE)
- every now and then - often
- rotonda - roundabout (British) or circle (American)
- salvage - slang for summary execution (A typical scenario involves finding a dead body in a river ridden with bullets or stab wounds.
- stow away - Run away from home
- tomboy - lesbian
- yaya - dopted Hindi word (aya) for nanny
- the other day - literally "nuong isang araw", in Tagalog context meaning "The day before yesterday".
- aircon - used when referring to the Airconditioning system. Although this term is also used in Australia and Singapore.
- ref/frigidaire - refrigerator.
- "ber" months - September, October, November, December (months ending with -ber).
- commuter - same meaning as in other Englishes, but implies one who takes public transport (rarely used to refer to motorists, oftentimes excluding them).
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