Usage Note
Orig is a clipped slang form of 'original' widely used among Filipino youth and in informal markets to mean genuine or not counterfeit. It is most often heard when buying branded goods and carries a sense of quality assurance that its longer counterpart orihinal does not always convey in casual speech.
Examples
" Orig ba ang bag na ito? "
Natural Translation
Is this bag original?
Literal Translation
Original question the bag this?
" Ang sapatos na ito ay orig at hindi peke. "
Natural Translation
This shoe is original and not fake.
Literal Translation
The shoe this is original and not fake.
" Sinisiguro ng tindero na orig ang kanyang mga paninda, kaya naman mas mataas ang presyo kaysa sa mga peke sa kalsada. "
Natural Translation
The vendor assures that his goods are original, which is why the price is higher than the fakes on the street.
Literal Translation
Assures of vendor that original the his goods, that's-why higher the price than to the fakes in street.
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