What's the difference between sosi, pa sosi and mayabang?

[Zeus]

Puros pa sosi sa Starbucks e Ano ang pag ka iba ng pa sosyal sa mayabang? pa sosyal usually applied to ladies di ba?Man pa sosi pwede rin ba? Mayabang for men and women pwede e Sosyal is natural socialite na...tama ba?

[jasprit]

Ewan na hihilo ako sa tanong mo eh Medyo tinamaan ako dun sa starbuks ah hehehe. Pag mayabang ang tao indi ksi madali malaman un malay mo ganun lng talaga sya dba??? Mahirap mag husga ng taong di mo kilala. Dont judge a book by it's cover. Pero kg friend mo sya halata naman kng nag yayabang or pa sosi sya... un lng masasabi ko

[technophobic]

Agree with jasprit don't judge a book by its cover. Sossy people are just people prefer expensive quality products. Where as pa sossy just prefer the expensive products just for the image, and mayabang are those who like to boast about what he have.

[midinite]

Agree with jasprit don't judge a book by its cover. Sossy people are just people prefer expensive quality products. Where as pa sossy just prefer the expensive products just for the image, and mayabang are those who like to boast about what he have.

add on. ang mayabang. male o female. tao na ang taas ng tingin sa sarili (sometimes daw to compensate for a feeling of inferiority) at medyo mababa ang tingin sa iba. Ang mayabang siya lang ang magaling at di makatanggap ng ideas na contrary sa sinasabi niya. sila ang medyo close minded at expert sa mga sinasabi nila. kailangan palaging pinupuri sila kaya sila mismo nag pupuri sa sarili nila.

ang maganda ay pag may dalawang mayabang sa isang mesa na nagtatalo. pure entertainment.

oh and ang mayabang akala niya (o convinces self) na friend niya lahat at nakakatawa siya. mahilig din siya mag name drop ng mga kakilala niya in high places to try to belittle you. But the amusing thing is sometimes these so-called "friends" may not consider the mayabang person a real friend. ganun talaga ang buhay diba?

ang mayabang minsan di gusto ng iba kasi mahirap makasama. kahit ang sosi di naman outcast. ang pa sosi comedy relief lang.

pero sa tatlo ang mga ordinary na tao nakatingin at deep down inside the ordinary folk await their fall. and when they do tawa lang ang madla.

[uls]

Nasa socio economic level yan.

There's old rich/super rich, new rich, upper middle class, lower middle class, not-so-poor poor, really-poor poor.

the old rich/super rich have been rich for a long time. 3 or 4 generations rich. mejo low profile mga old rich. Sosy is as normal as breathing. it's not even a conscious effort. In short, they dont even have to try. Ganyan na talaga sila e.

the new rich is flashier than the old rich. may konting conscious effort sosy nila. Pero may K.

the upper middle parang new rich. mejo blurry line dito coz on the outside, they look almost the same. Difference is in the financing of the image.

lower middle class and not-so-poor poor--- eto na--- dito madami pa-sosyal. they try to imitate the upper middle class or even the rich. Halatang halata trying hard sila. As in IN-UR-FACE sosy ako! hehehe



before anyone reacts violently, i want to state that everyone has the right to move up in life. Kanya kanyang paraan lang yan. Yun nga lang there are people who have a funny way of trying to move up.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Agree with jasprit don't judge a book by its cover. Sossy people are just people prefer expensive quality products. Where as pa sossy just prefer the expensive products just for the image, and mayabang are those who like to boast about what he have.

My definitions from what I learned here so far......

Owning expensive products doesn't necessarily make one "sosy". Some people just have more means than others. To me, "sosy" combines expensive tastes with an attitude of lording it over others. The attitude has to be there. There's nothing wrong with having expensive stuff if you have the means to afford them.

"Pa sosy" Duh...... I think it's people of lesser means attempting to live the life of the above even if it'll put them in a pinch. That's all I can think of for that term since I don't really pay attention to anyone except myself.

Mayabang..... well. Where to begin. This one may depend on one's perceptions. If one's sensitive about his/her social image, then he/she is more prone to think of others who are better off as "mayabang", especially in the Philippines. I imagine the mere showing of wealth by one person can be regarded as "mayabang" by another person who has lesser means. Here, it's more of a direct "in-your-face" attitude. Kinda more like, "Yeah, they call me Horse. That's why I have a different girlfriend for every day of the week". THAT's what I would call mayabang. Anything less doesn't even bother me enough to take notice of.

[technophobic]

actually ordinary people await the fall of mayabang and mganagpapasosy. Sossy people are just ordinary people with expensive taste, I'm sure some of you are, the reason you just don't know it because you are not flaunting it. Iba talaga ang nagpapasossy and mayabang, sila yung annoying.

[technophobic]

It seems like we have our own way of defining sossy. But we all agree on one thing. We hate people na nagpapasossy and mayabang )

[Jun aka Pekto]

Well, I'm back to square one. I thought I finally had a handle on which term is which.....

[GerardTagayty]

^^^ pekto technophobic apir bro!! tumpak!

[Jun aka Pekto]

^^^ pekto apir bro!! tumpak!

Never mind. I think it's ok. Dat's rayt! Pare!

[midinite]

actually ordinary people await the fall of mayabang and mganagpapasosy. Sossy people are just ordinary people with expensive taste, I'm sure some of you are, the reason you just don't know it because you are not flaunting it. Iba talaga ang nagpapasossy and mayabang, sila yung annoying.

the key is to look at the pa sosi and mayabang as entertainment. in fact the mayabang and pa sosi are easy to play with. kasi their own achilles heel is themselves.

think of it as reality tv. and you get to play big brother. kasi they win if na annoy ka.

[mikmik316]

i like technophobic's definition of who is sosi... which means siguro they are people who have a cetain taste or class cguro...

Case in point... when a sosi person buys a Class A Nike shoes in G-hills, tapos nakita mo yun, usually iisipin mo na orig yan.... pero the sosi person will just say straight to you that they bought it sa tiangge and makes you wonder ayos ha hindi naman halata na ja-peyks...

Pero yung feeling sosi.... Unang tingin mo pa lang parang feeling mo na peke agad... tapos sila pa yung mayabang na magsasabi they bought it in a Nike store with this & that and its expensive daw... haha

Siguro there is this certain "aura" yung mga sosi na hindi kayang pantayan ng mga feeling sosi at mayabang...

[Jun aka Pekto]

the key is to look at the pa sosi and mayabang as entertainment. in fact the mayabang and pa sosi are easy to play with. kasi their own achilles heel is themselves.

think of it as reality tv. and you get to play big brother. kasi they win if na annoy ka.

That's probably why I had to work hard at grasping these stuff. I don't like watching reality tv. I can't stand the day "Survivor" first aired followed by all the knockoffs. Make no mistake, my wife is addicted to these shows. Me, I watch it too with her. But, I'm always offering "obvious courses of action" for the contestants just to irritate her. It's probably the most Pinoy aspect of me: "Mga Pinoy magaling mang-alaska.... da best"

[technophobic]

Siguro there is this certain "aura" yung mga sosi na hindi kayang pantayan ng mga feeling sosi at mayabang...

That aura is being at ease with themselves

[midinite]

It's probably the most Pinoy aspect of me: "Mga Pinoy magaling mang-alaska.... da best"

yup and it is because of that mahirap maging mayabang sa pinas. ang mayabang yari sa tropa.

[chain]

agree with uls. sadyang may mga ganyang tao talaga. sosi and pa-sosi, madali lang i-differentiate.. pero yung mayabang, hmmm... yung mahangin siguro napapansin naman eventually. meron ding kasi mayabang kasi may ipagmamayabang. kumbaga, they flaunt it.

i'd rather prefer people who can talk the talk and walk the walk pero hindi nila ipinamumukha sa 'yo..

ika nga ni rene requiestas: "...ayaw ko sa eye-poor..."

[Zeus]

So with this definition, can you say for example Gretchen(yung artista) is sosi or mayabang? before she met Cojuangco is she sosi or pa sosi?

[mazdamazda]

Nasa socio economic level yan.

There's old rich/super rich, new rich, upper middle class, lower middle class, not-so-poor poor, really-poor poor.

the old rich/super rich have been rich for a long time. 3 or 4 generations rich. mejo low profile mga old rich. Sosy is as normal as breathing. it's not even a conscious effort. In short, they dont even have to try. Ganyan na talaga sila e.

the new rich is flashier than the old rich. may konting conscious effort sosy nila. Pero may K.

the upper middle parang new rich. mejo blurry line dito coz on the outside, they look almost the same. Difference is in the financing of the image.

lower middle class and not-so-poor poor--- eto na--- dito madami pa-sosyal. they try to imitate the upper middle class or even the rich. Halatang halata trying hard sila. As in IN-UR-FACE sosy ako! hehehe



before anyone reacts violently, i want to state that everyone has the right to move up in life. Kanya kanyang paraan lang yan. Yun nga lang there are people who have a funny way of trying to move up.

that's a good definition...

though for me... bahala sila sa buhay nila...

[technophobic]

So with this definition, can you say for example Gretchen(yung artista) is sosi or mayabang? before she met Cojuangco is she sosi or pa sosi?

I would say mayabang...