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This word originally refers to disabled individuals, but in modern Korean is commonly used as an insult with meanings varying contextually from "jerk" to "dumbass" or "dickhead". 보지 ; boji or 씹 ; ssip: Noun. A vagina or woman. 새끼 ; saekki: Noun.
Ethnic/ national. Anti-Korean sentiment or Koryophobia describes negative feelings towards Korean people, Korean culture, or the countries, North Korea and/or South Korea. Anti-Korean sentiment has varied by location and time. Major historical events that impacted it include the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Racism in South Korea (Korean: 남한의 인종차별; Hanja: 南韓의 人種差別) comprises negative attitudes and views on race or ethnicity which are related to each other, are held by various people and groups in South Korea, and have been reflected in discriminatory laws, practices and actions (including violence) at various times in ...
[2] [3] A common example is the Korean term "hand phone" for the English "mobile phone". [4] Konglish also has direct English loanwords, mistranslations from English to Korean, or pseudo-English words coined in Japanese that came to Korean usage. [1] [3] Sociolinguistically, South Koreans use English to denote luxury, youth, sophistication, and ...
Gook (/ ˈɡuːk / or / ˈɡʊk /) is a derogatory term for people of East and Southeast Asian descent. [ 1 ] Its origin is unclear, but it may have originated among U.S. Marines during the Philippine–American War (1899–1913). [ 2 ][ 3 ] Historically, U.S. military personnel used the word “to refer to any dark-skinned foreigner ...
Etiquette in South Korea. In South Korea, etiquette, or the code of social behavior that governs human interactions, is largely derived from Korean Confucianism and focuses on the core values of this religion. [ 1 ] In addition to general behaviour, etiquette in South Korea also determines how to behave with responsibility and social status.
e. Han (Korean: 한), or haan, is a concept of an emotion, variously described as some form of grief or resentment, among others, that is said to be an essential element of Korean identity by some, and a modern post-colonial identity by others. The historicity of han in premodern Korea is disputed. A national culture of han did not exist in ...
Romanization of Korean. The romanization of Korean (Korean: 로마자 표기법; RR: romaja pyogibeop) is the use of the Latin script to transcribe the Korean language. There are multiple romanization systems in common use. The two most prominent systems are McCune–Reischauer (MR) and Revised Romanization (RR). MR is almost universally used ...