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Trending words Marites,Ghosting,Job Shadowing,Off the radar,Second Guess and Filipinisms every foreign visitor to the Philippines needs to know

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  Who is Marites? Trending English words-their meaning and usage today  Filipino Slang Words or Filipinisms every visitor should know visiting the Philippines You cannot help but smile😊 when someone you know says,"Here comes the "Marites" . For sure that  someone coming will be bringing to you the juiciest and latest gossip in town LOLπŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ˜€ One of the most popular Filipino slang words today is  Marites   short for,"Mare, anong latest?' which means, "Sis, what's the latest ( gossip)?"  That's the trending word today in the Philippines, and I'm not being Marites . But the following English word/idioms that I'm about to discuss caught my attention. For sometime now, I have come across these words/idioms used more often now than before. Some of them are entirely new . You find them all over socmed, in yt documentaries, in talk shows on TV, print media, everywhere. So I thought there is a resurgence in the use of these words today ...