1. Definition & Core Concept Pinoy Pedia (a portmanteau of Pinoy —colloquial for Filipino—and Encyclopedia ) refers to the collective, decentralized, and primarily online ecosystem of knowledge bases, databases, glossaries, and user-generated content that documents uniquely Filipino topics. Unlike a single website, Pinoy Pedia exists as a meta-concept : it is the sum total of all digital repositories where Filipino slang, regional recipes, historical footnotes, showbiz trivia, government acronyms, and folk healing practices are archived and shared.