jejemon

i received the following text this morning:

Eow pow.  Je je je.  Je jemon kuh bah?  Je je je.  Ü

it sent me chuckling, hahaha.

i first encountered the word jejemon two days ago.  an officemate showed me a supposedly funny photo of gibo teodoro holding a piece of paper on which was written:  "Pababalikin ko Ang mga Jejemon sa Elementarya."  (i'm going to send the jejemons back to grade school.)

the humor was lost on me because i didn't know what jejemon was.  i asked her.  she explained.  i sort of got it... i think...

and then yesterday, a male officemate (no doubt about his masculinity) used the word during conversation.  i was surprised.

me:  jejemon?!  you know the word?!  what does it mean?

he explained.  i was amused.

initially i thought it was just some obscure coinage.  on hindsight, maybe it's now part of popular parlance?  a presidential candidate no less was photographed holding a piece of paper with the word.

on the phone later, i excitedly told my caller i've learned a new word  ->  jejemon.

he didn't know the word.  he asked whether it was a pokemon.

huh?!  hahaha.  my initial reply was a quick no but then i don't really know all the pokemons so maybe it could be.  i told him to google it.  well, apparently he did as this morning he sent the above text.

hhoOowWwRrreeeeiiiiiizZz  fPoWrh  jejemons  ; )