kanto boy

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kanto boy

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Originally from Japanese 官庁 (kanchō, “government office”) + boy, borrowed in during WW2 according to Potet (2016), but the former eventually got replaced with Tagalog kanto (“corner, especially of two streets”).

noun kanto boys

Philippines, slang An office boy.

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@misc{kanto_boy_2026,
  title = {kanto boy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kanto%20boy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}