Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Korean slang!!

Slang
아싸 - Awesome
짱 - Cool
당근 - Of course. Literally means carrot.
돌대가리 - Retard, moron (stronger than 바보)
차다 - To dump a boyfriend or girlfriend
번개(팅) - To meet someone (in real life) that you first got to know over the internet
변태 - A pervert
공부벌레; 책벌레; 독서광 - A bookworm

붕어빵 - Used to tell a person they look like someone else. (엄마하고 딸이) 붕어 빵이네요. Also the name of red bean paste-filled pastries that resemble a carp.

돌아이 (sp?) = crazy person,
존나 - fucking, very (존나춥다! It's fucking cold!)
죽을래? - Wanna die?
슴가 (supposed to be 가슴, breasts/bosom/chest.) - (woman's) breasts.
콩다방-The Coffee Bean
별다방-Starbucks
디카- digital camera
플스- play station
여친- girlfriend (from 여자친구)
남친- boyfriend (from 남자친구) -both in the 'relationships' list.

얼짱- 'best' looking (as opposed to just 'good' looking)- the most beautiful/handsome person in a given group
쌩얼- a face without makeup.
음치- tone-deaf/ not being able to sing well.

멋져 – sweet!
닥쳐! = Shut up!
킹카= hot guy
괸카= hot girl
허당= someone who is easily confused [see icon XD]
완소= completely precious (from:완전 소중한)


쌈 싸 먹어!= [I think it's something like] Take it and shove it!


ABBREVIATIONS

지못미 – said to people/celebrities when they turn out really bad in a photo (from 켜주지 해서 안해요 – Sorry I couldn’t protect you)
열공! – study hard! (from 심히 부해요)
야동 – a porno (from 하다 meaning “over the top” and 영상 meaning “video”)
넘 – short for 너무, “too” or “so”

THINGS TO CALL PEOPLE

꼬맹이 – kids from toddler’s age to early school years
학교통 – school rebel (the kid who doesn’t listen to the teachers, picks fights a lot…)
양 아치 – kids who think they are too k00l for sch00l; kids who pick fights, never study, argue with the teacher, chew chewing gum in class… that kind of thing
모범생 – opposite of a 양아치 – a kid who’s really good at school
싸 가지 – (I don’t actually know what this meaning exactly but it has the feeling of like “retard, idiot, loser”. It’s kind of harsher than those words as well)
꼴등 – dead last
길치 – a person who is hopeless with directions
몸치 – a person who can’t dance
몸짱 – a person with a good body
바람둥이 – a player, a guy who dates all the girls
간지교 – a cool guy, a stylish guy
대박 – someone who’s awesome (eg. 대박이다! You’re the best!)

OTHER NOUNS

공주병 – “princess disease”. For girls who think they are
왕자병 – “prince disease”. For guys who think they are
족발 – the legs of girls who are overweight
간지 – coolness, stylishness
꽃미남 – “flower boys” a Korean fashion trend where the guys dress pretty like girls
짝퉁 – fake stuff
길화 – road rage
카드깡 – buying things online with someone else’s credit card and paying them back in cash

VERBS

[얼굴] 망했다 – to have a really ugly [face], to be screwed up
쪽팔리다 – to be embarrassed (only use this around young people… adults get offended)
내 말을 씹다 – “to chew on my words”, to ignore everything I say (don’t say this around adults, either)
땡땡이 치다 – to wag class, to play hooky (American slang KGO!), to be truant
까먹다 – to forget
득도했다! – I finally get it!
끼어들다 – to cut someone off (내 말을 끼어들지 마! Don’t butt in while I’m talking! 저 차가 끼어들었다! That car cut me off!)
친사까다 – to act like you’re close with someone
아사까다 – to act like you know someone
구라까다 – to lie
뻥 치다 – to lie (I use and hear this more often)
맛있게 드세요 – said to someone when they have to take cards in a card game where the goal is to lose all your cards

ADVERBS

대빵 – super (eg. 대빵 싸요! It’s super cheap!)
빡세게 – “really hard” but not the “difficult” kind of hard (eg. 공부를 빡세게 해야지 – I should study really hard)

SOUND EFFECTS

힘내 팍팍! – You can do it! (with extra strength from the 팍팍)
멍 – sound effect for a blank stare
찌찌뽕 – like “jinx!” in English, said when two people say the same thing at the same time
헐 – OMG but only for bad things (eg. You find out you have to do pages 1-100 for homework – that’s a 헐 moment)

INTERNET STUFF

ㅎㅎ – (laughing sound effect)
ㅋㅋ – (another laughing sound effect)
486 – 사랑해 (from the number of strokes each 자 is made of)
8282 – quickly (from 빨리 빨리, which sounds a lot like 팔이팔이
18 – the F word (from [bad word] that sounds like 십팔)

멋져 – sweet!

Err… I think I’ll try to categorise my own nonsense list O_O

ABBREVIATIONS

지못미 – said to people/celebrities when they turn out really bad in a photo (from 켜주지 해서 안해요 – Sorry I couldn’t protect you)
열공! – study hard! (from 심히 부해요)
야동 – a porno (from 하다 meaning “over the top” and 영상 meaning “video”)
넘 – short for 너무, “too” or “so”

THINGS TO CALL PEOPLE

꼬맹이 – kids from toddler’s age to early school years
학교통 – school rebel (the kid who doesn’t listen to the teachers, picks fights a lot…)
양 아치 – kids who think they are too k00l for sch00l; kids who pick fights, never study, argue with the teacher, chew chewing gum in class… that kind of thing
모범생 – opposite of a 양아치 – a kid who’s really good at school
싸 가지 – (I don’t actually know what this meaning exactly but it has the feeling of like “retard, idiot, loser”. It’s kind of harsher than those words as well)
꼴등 – dead last
길치 – a person who is hopeless with directions
몸치 – a person who can’t dance
몸짱 – a person with a good body
바람둥이 – a player, a guy who dates all the girls
간지교 – a cool guy, a stylish guy
대박 – someone who’s awesome (eg. 대박이다! You’re the best!)

OTHER NOUNS

공주병 – “princess disease”. For girls who think they are
왕자병 – “prince disease”. For guys who think they are
족발 – the legs of girls who are overweight
간지 – coolness, stylishness
꽃미남 – “flower boys” a Korean fashion trend where the guys dress pretty like girls
짝퉁 – fake stuff
길화 – road rage
카드깡 – buying things online with someone else’s credit card and paying them back in cash

VERBS

[얼굴] 망했다 – to have a really ugly [face], to be screwed up
쪽팔리다 – to be embarrassed (only use this around young people… adults get offended)
내 말을 씹다 – “to chew on my words”, to ignore everything I say (don’t say this around adults, either)
땡떙이 치다 – to wag class, to play hooky (American slang KGO!), to be truant
까먹다 – to forget
도득했다! – I finally get it!
끼어들다 – to cut someone off (내 말을 끼어들지 마! Don’t butt in while I’m talking! 저 차가 끼어들었다! That car cut me off!)
친사까다 – to act like you’re close with someone
아사까다 – to act like you know someone
구라까다 – to lie
뻥 치다 – to lie (I use and hear this more often)
맛있게 드세요 – said to someone when they have to take cards in a card game where the goal is to lose all your cards

ADVERBS

대빵 – super (eg. 대빵 싸요! It’s super cheap!)
빡세게 – “really hard” but not the “difficult” kind of hard (eg. 공부를 빡세게 해야지 – I should study really hard)

SOUND EFFECTS

힘내 팍팍! – You can do it! (with extra strength from the 팍팍)
멍 – sound effect for a blank stare
찌찌뽕 – like “jinx!” in English, said when two people say the same thing at the same time
헐 – OMG but only for bad things (eg. You find out you have to do pages 1-100 for homework – that’s a 헐 moment)

INTERNET STUFF

ㅎㅎ – (laughing sound effect)
ㅋㅋ – (another laughing sound effect)
486 – 사랑해 (from the number of strokes each 자 is made of)
8282 – quickly (from 빨리 빨리, which sounds a lot like 팔이팔이
18 – the F word (from [bad word] that sounds like 십팔

credit goes to ~
http://community.livejournal.com/learn_korean/231200.html?thread=1492768

16 comments:

  1. 괸카= hot girl (X)
    퀸카= hot girl (O)
    :)

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  2. 엄친딸 = 엄마 친구 딸 = daughter of a mother's friend

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  3. 싸가지 means to be rude or offensive

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  4. Could you romanize these? It would be really helpful!

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  5. 싸가지 is one's attitude about it,
    It can be someone's behavior to say and act.
    But in most way the words itself has meaning of " bad and rude attitude"

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  6. i like this its really interesting ^_^

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  7. Thanks for this ~! It really helps :)

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  8. but, I think, there are words that is used not much these days because it was written almost 4 years ago..anyway, just keep that in mind when study :)

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  11. i've seen 049 a lot but i've yet to see any interpretation of it... could you perhaps give some insight? or perhaps someone else that knows what it means? thanks!
    the list is very helpful, thank you for posting it!

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  12. i've seen 049 a lot but i've yet to see any interpretation of it... could you perhaps give some insight? or perhaps someone else that knows what it means? thanks!
    the list is very helpful, thank you for posting it!

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  13. HSC Result 2017 should be good then the previous !! Best of luck For HSC Examines !! :)


    wow !! JSC Routine 2017 has been published ? hopeful JSC Result 2017 will be good then the previous !! Best of luck For JSC Examines !! :)

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