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VERA FILES YEARENDER: DIGONGsyonaryo

THE year 2016 gave the Philippines a new president, who brought with him to office his very own lexicon, one which we must use our “creative imagination” to fathom.

In this last of a series of yearenders, VERA Files compiles the colorful vocabulary of President Rodrigo Duterte, and the newly coined words and turns of phrases of his six-month-old administration.

How to use this Digongsyonaryo? With a healthy dose of something, preferably humor, absolutely not drugs.

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