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𝙀𝙎𝙈𝙄𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙃𝙊𝙔 𝙄𝙎 𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙀𝘿 𝘼𝙉 𝙊𝙇𝘿 𝙑𝙄𝙎𝘼𝙔𝘼𝙉 𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙈 Here is further proof that esmiringhoy is hardly a new expression. On page 99 of Ben Garcia’s English-Visayan Vocabulary (Thesaurus Style), published in 1996, both esmiringhay and esmiringhoy appear among the Visayan equivalents of “concubinage.” That was 30 years ago, long before social media made the expression a trending curiosity. The dictionary entry includes the phrase “nag-ipon sama sa bana ug asawa apan dili niya bana ni asawa,” which translates to “living together as husband and wife even though they are not legally married.” It also lists expressions referring to cohabitation and relationships outside marriage. The English explanations include concubine, live-in, adultery, polygamy, and bigamy. Interestingly, this suggests that esmiringhoy was associated not merely with sexual intercourse but also with cohabitation and extramarital relationships. However, the dictionary does not define each Visayan expression separately. What is trending today has been in our dictionaries for decades.