After the elections, it got me so interested (being an outsider) that I had to write a "study" on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nino_Gonzales/j…

I tried to trace its origin, and I think I got somewhere. But after thinking about it for some time, I'm leaning towards seeing the jologs phenomenon as a manilenyo middle-class paradigm rather than an objective social grouping–a way of seeing outsiders by a certain group of people, the manilenyo bourgeoisie. It is really more about the way the educated middle class sees the world than about the jologs themselves. I tried to explain this in Paolo Manalo's blog: http://paolomanalo.blogspot.com/2006/02/jologs-on…

No, I am not threatening the bourgeoisie. To threat them is like threatening myself.

Hahaha!

But seriously, I just find it amazing how bloggers feast on the 'jologs' as their blog topic in the same manner that other bloggers feast on other things under the sun.

Village Tickler

Alex: I think the term was hijacked by the people who were targeted by the insults. Power to the people? hehe. It's interesting, but as long as we're on the minority (that's a good thing! haha) we'll be the "elitists" in the equation.

Village Tickler: Are you threatening us?!?!?! Noooooo!!!!

It seems even the blog-o-sphere is teeming with 'jologs' topic as the bourgeoisie blog about them.

It's quite safe that 'jologs' are not into blogging or bloghopping or else, a shame and hate campaign against the anti-jologs will be launched in the street (where they plagued) and on the net.

Village Tickler

Ade, he beat you for the "Who's Next to Take on Jologs Award!"

Just to clarify, though I was in it not for "pure amusement." Yeah, I seem amused but I have some other "purposes" for keeping the meme rolling.

"Jologs" is a word with its meaning is determined depending on which social group uses it. Yes, it seems like it has cut through social classes, however, it will still be the dominant bloc's definition that will go down as the convention.

It's like any other word in a language. In the Philippines, we have a word "salvage" with all its positive meaning turn into something very negative.

But as we concretely see in the blogosphere, that convention for "jologs" is still to be defined. You have your own, Ade, has his own, I have my own opinions about it… A simple yet concrete evidence that language will always be in a state of flux, and a word will only be meaningful once we agree to a particular convention. And right now, it's meaningful because to some extent we share some common points about it.

I remember that at some point some of those belonging to your final take on jologs (yeah, those with 5-peso coin ear holes) label what we may call "coños" ("Gotta make hang-out sa Starbs and drink 'ccinos, Pawe") as "jologs." It's a domino effect with all of us wondering what, where, and how the last piece will fall.

Interesting, right?