Social slang
9 words tagged Social.
작업
KoreanFrom a 2000 MBC adult sitcom (Three Friends), where actor Yoon Da-hoon would say "jageop deureoganda" ("time to make my move") whenever he pursued a woman he liked. The word "jageop" (lit. "work/operation") caught on nationally as slang for a man actively trying to woo a woman.
이생망
KoreanI am saying this because I am having trouble solving the problem.
빵꾸똥꾸
KoreanFrom a 2009 MBC sitcom (High Kick Through the Roof!): a flatulent grandfather kept farting around his young granddaughter, who — just learning to talk — started calling him "bbang-kku-ddong-kku" ("fart-butt") and later used it for anyone she disliked. The phrase went viral nationally and even made a news anchor break into laughter on air, despite a media-standards warning that it was crude. "Bbang-kku" means fart, "ddong-kku" means anus.
뷁
KoreanAn exclamation of frustration or displeasure, from a lyric ("break") in a song by Moon Hee-jun, leader of the first-generation idol group H.O.T.
종특
Korean"Racial trait," shortened — from World of Warcraft, describing an ability unique to a particular in-game race. Now also used more broadly (and often controversially) to describe a trait supposedly common to a specific real-world ethnicity or group.
라떼는 말이야
KoreanIt is a sarcastic term used to mock the older generation for saying "Back in my day" to the younger generation. Also known as "Latte-drip," it is used to criticize or satirize the speech and behavior of the older generation from the past. It is also used in English as "Latte is horse."
급식체
KoreanIt is a speech pattern used by teenagers of the generation that eats school lunches. They mix in abbreviations, initialisms, and slang from famous creators.
N포세대
KoreanThe generation that has given up on N things — dating, marriage, children and more. Grew out of the earlier "three-give-up generation."
살코기세대
Korean"Lean meat generation" — people who trim away unnecessary relationships and keep their time to themselves.
