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also A.F.A.M. (noun) Slang: foreigner. This term rose to popular use when strip club dancers in Metro Manila started to abbreviate what they called the foreigners who came to watch them dance; each one was "A Foreigner A…

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  1. also A.F.A.M. (noun) Slang: foreigner. This term rose to popular use when strip club dancers in Metro Manila started to abbreviate what they called the foreigners who came to watch them dance; each one was "A Foreigner Assigned in Manila." As more of the foreigners explored the rest of the country, so did the word. > "Tip the waiter well, a lot of afams eat here, and they tip well."