I was a bit surprised to find that “jerjer” is fast becoming part of the common vernacular in the capital city of Manila. So common and popular that it’s now what people there call each other, kind of like “ka-berks”, “ka-tropa”… “ka-jerjer”.

It’s even what a popular Manila radio station call its avid listeners during its broadcast and in its posts through a globally popular social media website.

Check out the evidence.

I wonder do they know what “jerjer” means here in Cebu and its close provinces? It’s a made-up term with a naughty connotation, it means “fornication”, “sex” for the Cebuanos/Bisayans.

So this Radio Station is actually greeting its “friends with benefits”, “sex-buddies”… har har de har har.

A friend of mine suggests that the term “jerjer” and “kajerjer” became really well-known through a GenSan native who is participant in a bigtime local reality show (who is now also the Big Winner of said reality show). When she spoke the term in broadcast TV, it got caught up by her errr… reality showmates who then give more further references to “kajerjer.”

As far as I know, since I don’t really watch the reality show,  there were a couple of the reality showmates who are also from Cebu. Did they have secret giggles, along with the participant from GenSan, when their showmates greet, “Yo, kajerjer!”?

Goes to show, what’s sounds popular doesn’t mean it’s clean.