Countries slang
12 words tagged Countries.
남아공
Korean"Just stay home and study" (a pun on the country name South Africa, which shares its Korean abbreviation with this phrase) — a dismissive suggestion.
대륙
Korean"The continent" — usually refers to China.
반도
Korean"The peninsula" — usually refers to Korea.
검은머리 외국인
Korean"Black-haired foreigner" — someone ethnically Korean but holding foreign citizenship.
불곰국
Korean"Land of the brown bear" — refers to Russia.
천조국
Korean"Thousand-trillion-won nation" — from its defense budget alone reportedly reaching that figure; refers to the United States.
스까
KoreanStarted when a DC Inside user posted a comic about people in Busan mixing completely mismatched foods together, quoting a Busan dialect line, "Just mix it and eat!" ("Ma! Sseuka mugeura!"). The comic went viral, and afterward "seuka" came to mean mixing incompatible foods, with "Seuka-guk" ("Mix Country") used as a derogatory nickname for Busan. The term spread from DC Inside to many other Korean communities.
성진국
KoreanIt refers to Japan, where the sex culture industry is developed.
열도
Korean"The archipelago" — usually refers to Japan.
빵국
Korean"Bread country" — refers to France.
국뽕
KoreanIt is confidence in one's sense of belonging to one's country.
탈조선
KoreanWanting to leave Korea for good — a self-deprecating term, where "Joseon" is a jab at the country.
