pusoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• posoy

Etymology

Possibly from puso (“heart”) +‎ -oy (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈsoj/ [pʊˈsoɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -oj
• Syllabification: pu‧soy

Noun

pusóy (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓᜌ᜔)

1. (card games) a Philippine variant of the Chinese poker

   Synonym: pusoy way

2. (card games) winning every hand against all other players in the game of the same name; comparable to a home run in Chinese Poker
3. (slang) winning against someone; defeating someone

   Synonym: talo

Usage notes

• The game pusoy is often confused with a similarly named game, pusoy dos. The game pusoy is a Philippine variant of Chinese Poker, while pusoy dos is the Philippine version of big two. Another key difference is in card ranking: in pusoy, aces are the highest cards, whereas in pusoy dos, twos are the highest.

Derived terms

• iwas-pusoy
• napusoy
• pusoy dos
• pusoy way
• pusuyin

Further reading

• “PUSOY” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 116

Anagrams

• puyos