Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The word, when not used as a profanity, is used to describe a young of an animal; 씨발; ssibal: Adjective (similar to "fucking") or interjection ("fuck!"). The word originates from an archaic verb 씹하다 which originally meant "to have sex" 엠창; emchang: Interjection. "Your mother is a prostitute". 엠 is a slang term for "mother".
The slang noun kkondae was originally used by students and teenagers to refer to older people such as fathers and teachers. [1] Recently, however, the word has been used to refer to a boss or an older person who does so-called kkondae-jil (acting like a kkondae, in the Korean language ), that forces the former's outdated way of thinking onto ...
Paiting as used in Korean has undergone the process of translanguaging, causing it to have different meanings in English and Korean. [4] In English, "fighting" is a verb (specifically, a present participle) whereas cheers and exclamations of support usually take the form of imperative verbs.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Korean slang (4 P) M. Minjung (11 P) Pages in category "Korean words and phrases"
Konglish words may or may not have a similar meaning to the original word when used, and a well-known brand name can become a generalized trademark and replace the general word: older Korean people tend to use the word babari ("Burberry") or babari-koteu ("Burberry coat"), which came from Japanese bābari-kōto (meaning "gabardine raincoat") to ...
Maskot/Getty Images. 6. Delulu. Short for ‘delusional,’ this word is all about living in a world of pure imagination (and only slightly detached from reality).
Sino-Korean words constitute a large portion of South Korean vocabulary, the remainder being native Korean words and loanwords from other languages, such as Japanese and English to a lesser extent. Sino-Korean words are typically used in formal or literary contexts, [5] and to express abstract or complex ideas. [7]
Upgrade to a faster, more secure version of a supported browser. It's free and it only takes a few moments: