buryong
Tagalog
Etymology
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. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bur‧yóng
- IPA(key): /buɾˈjoŋ/, [bʊɾˈjoŋ]
Adjective
buryóng
- (originally prison slang) bored and irritated from being confined or locked up; suffering from cabin fever
Noun
buryóng
- (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.
- Maayos naman ang lahat: hindi malamig ang gabi at hindi bilog ang buwan; walang buryong o kalungkutang tinatakasan; walang insomyang inililibang; walang kataksilang pinaghihigantian.
- 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.
- Hindi tama ang malaking problema para sa isang kadre, kundi ang buryong.
- 2002, Ani
- (by extension) cabin fever
Derived terms
Derived terms
- ikaburyong
- maburyong