"Salad Oh! Init Pa!"

-Salad Oh! Init Pa!

Are you familiar with this phrase, “Salad oh, init pa”? Recently, I’ve been hearing such words whenever I go to the market, school, malls and even inside the church.  But what do these words really mean?

“Salad Oh! Init pa!” is a phrase originated from a vendor selling commercial fruit cocktails from Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. The vendor shouts the word, “Salad Oh!” which tells of his product-the fruit salad. Mostly, he uses it when he sells his products at Night Market and Night Cafe in Cagayan de Oro City. Later then, the word was being added by “Init pa!” (HOT) which is basically, the irony of it (it should be like “BUGNAW pa!” (COLD)). After which, it was used by one of the Disc Jock of an FM Station and was introduced to the people (made popular by Totoy Bugoy of MOR 91.9 FM).

So, what does this phrase mean?

Simple! It is a Visayan phrase for “GORGEOUS and SEXY”.

What a compliment, right? But don’t be flattered, before, it’s true that it had been used like congratulation for a girl, but it no longer connotes such nowadays.

Aside from being popularized by a radio DJ, the phrase had also been made famous by junkies and men mostly in the cities of Davao and Cebu. The term which was previously used to describe a “hot and sexy lady” had already been a slang used to say that, “Hey there’s a slut!”, for them, a “BURIKAT” or a lady selling herself is like a salad, so hot, and is being sold to hungry and craving men.

Many use the phrase for it’s popular, many finds the phrase as a “cool”, “in” and “trending one, and worse, many say such words to girls but doesn’t even know what it meant. 

Every lady deserves every guy’s respect! Now that you already know, the next time you see a beautiful girl; refrain from saying “SALAD OH! INIT PA!”.