Pinoy is a demonym used by Filipinos for their compatriots in the Philippines and around the world. Filipinos usually refer to themselves informally as Pinoy or some times feminine: Pinay, which is formed by taking the last four letters of the word 'Pilipino' and adding the diminutive suffix -y. The word was coined by expatriate Filipino Americans during the 1920s and was later adopted by Filipinos in the Philippines.[citation needed] A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... In 1998, Benjamin J. Cayetano became the first Filipino American (and second Asian American after Governor George R. Ariyoshi) to be elected state Governor of the United States. ... The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...
Pinoy is a term of endearment and is rarely used in formal settings. The term is akin to that of a nickname which is used by close family members and friends so that one who uses it somehow already developed some close ties with Filipinos.
The term especially gained popular currency in the late 1970s in the Philippines when a surge in patriotism made a hit song of Filipino folksinger Heber Bartolome's "Tayo'y mga Pinoy" (We are Filipinos), and later with famous Filipino band Bamboo's "Noy-pi" (Pinoy in reversed syllables). The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...
In addition to Pinoy, Filipinos also refer themselves as Filipinos and Filipinas, Filipinos for the male gender (masculine), and Filipinas for the female gender (feminine).
Nowadays, it is used as an adjective to some terms higlighting their relationship to the Philippines or Filipinos. Examples are seen below:
Pinoy is a term used by Filipinos for their compatriots in the Philippines and around the world.
Filipinos usually refer to themselves informally as Pinoy (feminine: Pinay), which is formed by taking the last four letters of the word 'Pilipino' and adding the diminutive suffix -y.
Pinoy is a term of endearment and is rarely used in formal settings.
Pinoys are more concerned with issues that are happening here, in America, not in the Philippines because we live here.
I began to understand the Pinoys of the 1920's and 30's were really not just simple migrant workers or illiterate underachievers...but rather, unsung heroes and overlooked role models because they were forced to swallow their pride...forced to sacrifice their dignity..
I felt the heartache of a Pinoy family whose house burned down by resentful vigilantes because the Pinoy was married to a white woman.
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