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

[Alpha_One]

My whole attitude on the issue is there's always someone richer, more fortunate, better-looking, and more skillful than me no matter what. It's best to just do my best and not worry about how I compare to others.

This is a good attitude. Admittedly, I used to be part of the "mayabang" crowd back in high school - to the point that I even borrowed a cellphone from my cousin just to make it look like I had one. You know, arrogant angsty teenager who thought he's invincible. Now I want to toss the phone into the middle of EDSA.

There's nothing worse to someone who think he's the best than meeting someone who's better - and there are load of those better people. The ego falls fifty stories and shatters on the ground, as the "mayabang" person secretly feels jealous and utterly useless.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Here, the standards of living are well enough that it's hard to be regarded as "mayabang". But sometimes, I do try to be "maporma" which is an entirely different issue. But, the wrong perception can be made if it were in the Philippines.

Sometimes on a hot day, I'd drive shirtless with shades on, rock music blaring, laid back with left hand on the steering wheel and right arm draped on the back cushion of the front passenger seat. If I smoked, I'd have a yosi to complete the image. But I don't. So skip that part. My wife would say, "Ang porma mo masyado" or something like that. I'd reply back, "Just for you, honey". She'd retort, "Heh! Hurry up, drive me to work and you better pick me up at 5 sharp!" ...even though she has her own car.

[Zeus]

Maybe some people are pa-sosi because they wanted to penetrate the social circles, they wanted to be accepted for business purposes Example is the movie Zorro... Antonio Banderas disguises as Don Alejandro, he wanted to penetrate the circle of Don Montero(his enemy) He acted as a rich Don(pa-sosi), he secretly practices and learned the styles and attitude of the rich like practicing how to dance. So dancing(social dancing) is also sosi points Tama ba?

[empy]

I think they're all the same since they all pertain to the same person. It's either you're image-conscious or you're not, unlike the original thread's terms.

said a different way - my point is, how do you know the problem is the other person, and not you?

(not J aka P specifically, but in general, of course)

[empy]

case in point: the Starbucks thread.

what is the problem? is it people trying to project an image and irritating everyone around them, or is it a problem of magkakape ka nga lang, pinupuna ka pa ng ibang tao who assume all kinds of things about you?

i'm sure sometimes it's the first case, and sometimes it's the second. i know that "mayabang" is a term used just as much to put down somebody you envy, as it is to refer to the truly arrogant.

[uls]

like the example someone posted earlier-- a guy buys a pair of nike sneakers from a flea market for a fraction of what he would pay if he bought it from the nike store... then he tells everyone he bought it from the nike store at full price.

the guy IS the problem there. not the people he is bragging to.

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mayabang, i think, is a conscious effort to brag or show-off to people who you know arent capable of doing the same.

Let's say a guy may nililigawan na girl... just so happens the girl is kinda... ummm... poor. so nakatira ung girl sa poor area. E ung guy naka oto. So hatid ng guy ung girl sa bahay. Ok lang sana naka oto... kaya lang maangas yung guy. vroom vroom... lakas sounds... todo busina sa mga children playing sa street... syempre attract sya attention diba? e dami tambay dun...

"Pare ang yabang nung kalbo!" (o nga pala... kalbo ung guy... naka oakley shades) hehehe

"oo nga pare."

"Mahiwa nga mga gulong nya..."


hehehe

[tsupermario]

My whole attitude on the issue is there's always someone richer, more fortunate, better-looking, and more skillful than me no matter what. It's best to just do my best and not worry about how I compare to others.

reminds me of a saying: "hindi lahat binibigay ng diyos sa iyo." kaya ako cute nga pero bingi naman :bwahaha: :twak:

[Lucius]

Bulls-eye! Cheap iPod lookalike FTW!

OT: Pangit naman nung stock iPod earphones eh. It sounds just like any ordinary earphone set, but isn't nearly as durable as the usual generic stuff. Or maybe it's just my cousins and their... ah, shall we say... heavy use of electronic equipment. I personally prefer those insert-type phones over the normal earbuds, kahit yung mumurahing klase lang.

OnT: It's not really just the clothes, the car keys, the gadgets, and the English. It's the attitude.

Sosy: Doesn't care if they're seen with all the stuff or not. They would have them anyway. Natural na, ika nga.
Pa-sosy: Tries to be seen with the "stuff".
Mayabang: May or may not have the stuff, but they'll brag about it anyway (usually about how expensive they got it, or the fact that that they're the only one in their group who has it.).

Example, relating to cars:

Sosy: Gets driven around in a Rolls Royce - when there's no helipad where he's going.
Pa-sosy: Borrows a friend's BMW for a date - even when he's got a perfectly good Toyota to drive around.
Mayabang: Logs into an Internet forum claiming to have "three years worth of savings" to spend on a Lamborghini and asks how much it would cost to import one into the Philippines. Shortly after, however, he'd be busted by saying something weird like some moronic trying-hard wigga/"fligga" sort of "thank you".

(Obviously, if you're rich enough to buy/import a Ferrari or Lamborghini, you either know how much it would cost you or you just wouldn't care.)

OT: Ha! Onga eh. In the first place bakit sya dito pupunta sa Tsikot if may ganun syang kalaking pera. He should have his own looker / agent.

Yup madaming ganyan na naka-shades sa classroom and malls. Sa gimikan shades pa lang hehehehehe.

Pasocy kasi is doing something unusual parang weird. Like un nga magshashades sa loob ng mall, pipicturan mo ung coffee cup with matching pacute pose.

[Jun aka Pekto]

said a different way - my point is, how do you know the problem is the other person, and not you?

(not J aka P specifically, but in general, of course)

You know how it is here. Unless it's directed specifically at someone, no one cares or think one is "mayabang". If you feel the guy's a showoff or flaunting his wealth and he's not even looking in your direction, then it's you.

You know the old saying especially in your neck of the woods, "Show em if you got em". That refers more to a woman's T&A. But it applies equally to everything. "Talk the talk if you can walk the walk......."

I mean, the standard of living here is quite high. Many high school kids (public school) here are issued their own MacBooks/iBooks by the school district. How much material wealth do you have to flaunt to be considered "mayabang? And that's if it can even be considered flaunting because just about every kid has a gadget of some sort. Also....... many universities nowadays require you have a laptop or pc before you can enroll.

Here, it's an entirely different world from the Philippines. That's why I'm planning to look as poor as possible when we make the trip to RP next year so I don't attract undue attention.

[uls]

iba kasi sa states. status symbol jan is like a park avenue apartment or a house in the Hamptons.

O nga pala...

a status symbol in the states is when u have people. I mean YOUR people. Like my people will talk to your people...

A full time staff, household manager, someone to maintain ur boat, ur plane.

I mean sa states, mas status symbol ung may tao ka. The more people u have on ur payroll, the richer u are.

Dito kahit sino pde magka tao.

hehe