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- Tagalog · borrowed frompabebe
- English todaypabebe wave
Borrowed from Tagalog pabebe + wave. First attested in 2015.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pabebe wave
Today it means: A handwaving gesture imitating certain beauty pageant contestants, which in turn is seen as resembling the stereotypical handwave gesture of a baby. Full definition →
Tagalog pabebe