8 Ways to Spot a Pabebe Girl
Jul 22, 2015 • 8List
What started out as a simple video of a girl bored at a mall turned into a viral phenomenon known as the Pabebe Girl, taking the Philippines by storm. The video went under the radar until a few months ago when a couple of local community pages picked it up and shared it, helping it gain its current status in popular culture. The term “pabebe” has come to replace the term “pa-cute” in Pinoy slang, and over time (and thanks to more videos) has evolved into a term synonymous with being sobrang pa-cute, nagmamaganda, and, above all else, annoying.
So how do we innocent by-standers protect ourselves against this sudden onslaught of pabebe-ness? Identification is the key to the solution, so here are 8 ways to tell if a girl is actually pabebe.
8. They’ve never use the back cameras of their phones
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“What? This has more than one camera? Paano ka magse-selfie?” Also, for some reason, ALL of their photos are taken from the same angle. What sorcery is that!
7. Despite biology, their voices are really small and high
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See: this girl looks like she should have the voice of Aretha Franklin but for some reason Minnie Mouse on helium is what’s coming out.
6. They’re experts at pouting
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To the point that they probably sleep with fish hooks through their lower lip.
5. More often than not spotted in pambahay
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Yeah, we don’t understand why either.
4. They’ve mastered the art of the head tilt
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Seriously, they make us feel like their heads could fall off at any moment with all the Linda Blair moves they pull.
3. Baby talk
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You literally met them two seconds ago and they’re already speaking to you like a two-year-old toddler. Other pabebe girls may not speak in outright babytalk, instead extending their last syllables in the Pinoy version of a southern drawl.
2. Their #hugot knows no bounds
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No idea how they come up with their hirits, but their well of feels must be bottomless.
1. They incite violent reactions in you
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From a dropkick to throat to a spinning back elbow to the nose, pabebe girls seem to trigger your inner murderous rage even when you are at your most zen. Whenever you encounter one, your instincts will kick in and you’ll fantasize about wailing on them as you scream for them to shut up. It’s okay–we get you. Just take a couple of deep breaths and start walking in the other direction when you spot one coming your way.
Do you have any other tricks for being able to tell if someone’s a pabebe girl or not? Leave a comment and share them with us!
