PBB: Kuya calls out male housemates for using code names

MANILA — What started as a term of endearment turned out to be a word that should not have been used when it comes to getting to know someone.

On Thursday’s episode of “Pinoy Big Brother Collab 3.0,” Kuya or Big Brother separately talked to Anthony Constantino and Raheel Bhyria about using “dinosaur” as a code name.

“Nagsimula po siya dahil kay Calix (Esguerra). Kasi sabi ni Ate Wyn (Marquez) at Robbie (Jaworski) na kamukha po niya ‘yung good dinosaur na si Arlo. Nakikita ko si Calix ‘yung smile niya para talaga siyang dinosaur  na mabait. Tapos naging leader siya ng weekly task. Minsan hina-hype up ko siya para tumaas ang confidence niya during the weekly task. Sinasabi ko ‘that’s my leader, that’s my dinosaur.'”

“So bale parang ako, si Anthony, at si Robbie mayroon kaming sari-sariling  dinosaur. Akin si Calix, si Ethan (Benares) kay Anthony, tapos si Jeo (Ong) naman kay Robbie. So parang mga little brother namin sila more of term of endearment,” Bhyria said.

For his part, Constantino said that they are using “dinosaur” for the younger housemates.

“We use the term dinosaur for the younger guys here inside the house. Essentially we have our own little brother under us,” said Constantino, noting that it was Bhyria, who thought about it first. 

Since then, the boys often used the word “dinosaur.”  When Big Brother asked of what other context did they use the word, Bhyria said: “Si Anthony nagkukuwento siya tungkol sa dinosaur ‘iso, iso.’  Ibig sabihin ng iso, ang hirap sabihin, nakakahiya. (Ibig sabihin) get out of the way, parang siya lang mag-isa. Pagdating sa basketball iso ibig sabihin isolation, kanya na ‘yung play na ‘yon. Kinukuwento ni Anthony that night habang kausap daw ni Ethan, which is Anthony’s dinosaur si Gehlee (Dangca), kasi inaasar po namin.”

“Parang magkakaribal si Ethan, Calix at Jeo. Ginawa lang po namin as a joke. Noong ginawa po ni Anthony ‘yung joke na ‘yon na-gets po namin agad kasi tungkol po sa basketball ‘yon. So tungkol po doon ‘yung ginawa naming usapang dinosaur sa konteksto ng basketball at pagkakausap po ni Ethan kay Gehlee. Pero alam po namin lahat na katuwaan lang, wala pong seryoso-seryoso talaga,” Bhyria said.

According to Bhyria, the word dinosaur has nothing to do with their housemate Dangca.

“Yung salitang dinosaur wala talaga siyang direct relation kay Gehlee. Kinakausap lang ng dinosaur namin si Gehlee,”   Raheel first explained to Kuya.

“Sa pagkakarinig ko sa mga usapan niyo nagsimula ‘yung salitang dinosaur bilang term of endearment pero eventually nag-iba na siya ng gamit lalo na kapag pinag-uusapan niyo na si Gehlee,” Kuya told Bhyria.

“Iniiip ko lang kuya kung what if hindi na po kumportable ang mga babae kung baka nage-gets na rin nila. Kasi kung ako rin sila ang weird noon kung ginagawa naming manok, iniisip ko kung alam ba nila? Kung alam nila, naiinis ba sila? Kung kumportable ba sila sa mga biruan? Kasi for us it’s just joke time sa isa’t isa, hindi po namin tini-take more than that, anything serious,” Bhyria said.

Following his separate talks with Bhyria and Constantino, Big Brother decided to talk to all boy housemates to remind them that’s using code names is prohibited. Big Brother also reminded the boys that jokes could be disrespectful to others. He said that in getting to know someone you should be honest and genuine.

“Itong sasabihin ko hindi lang bilang Kuya niyo, kung hindi bilang lalaki na rin. Naiintindihan ko na bilang magkakaibigan hindi mawawala ang biruan at katuwaan. Pero tatandaan niyo na may mga biruan na maaring hindi maganda ang dating sa iba kahit wala kayong intensiyon na makasakit. Sa paggamit niyo ng code name bagay na ipapaaalala ko nasa Rule Book ko ‘yan, at ‘yung mga salitang tulad ng lapse, time, game ay maaring hindi niyo namamalayan na nagmumukhang paligsahan ang pakikipagkilala sa ibang  tao. Sometimes sa biruan niyo there can be a tendency that it would look like a competition and a prize to be won. And that prize is one of your housemate. Biro man o hindi, dahil ang damdamin ng isang tao ay hindi laro. Sa usapan nang pagkilala sa isang tao, maging tapat at totoo. Ang respeto ay para sa lahat. Lahat naman tayo ay nagkakamali ang mahalaga ay marunong tayong umamin, matuto at maging mas mabuti. Walang masama sa biruan, maging maingat lang  sa posibleng konteksto,” Big Brother told the male housemates, who apologized.