"Ambuy" is a word in CEBUANO
ambuy n a style of mens sport shirt the lower end of which extends below the level of the buttocks and with two tapering slits on the sides, close-fitting around the waist.
v {1} [A] wear this sort of shirt.
{2} [c1] tailor into this sort of shirt.
ambuy n a nickname of Pablo.
a {1} a slow-witted person.
Ambuy ka man diay, ngánung ímu nang gikaun?
What did you eat that for, you fool?
{2} penniless.
Ayaw nà sugta, ambuy nà, Dont marry him.
He doesnt have a penny.
v {1} [AB; a] be, become slow-witted, make a fool of s.
o.
Ang gugma mauy nakaambuy (nakapaambuy) sa ákung anak, Love has dulled my sons wits.
{2} [B12; a1] be short of cash, penniless.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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A pious man who had reached the age of 105 suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance the Rabbi went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at services anymore?"The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi," he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
haybuy n a style of mens sport shirt, close-fitting and with ta-pering slits on both sides, similar to ambuys, but …
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