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pest2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada

I have a Korean friend who is a woman (not gf). Sometimes, if she and another woman I know are together and the other woman says, "look at him. He's kinda cute," the K woman says, "ohhh no, I dont like him, he's GREAZZY!" I, of course, glance at the guy and it always just looks like a guy. But even though there are lots of different guys who get called greazzy, no one guy seems like any other guy who get called greazy. What IS that?

VanIslander · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:01 am Post subject:

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

sometimes, they also substitute greasy with butter. This means 'nausiating'. So, if a girl sees a guy and says he is greasy, what she really means is:

He nausiates me.

oneofthesarahs · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Location: Sacheon City

One of the textbooks I use has a picture of a real greasy looking guy, who is a recurring character. All of the other characters have names, but my students alternate between calling this particular guy "greasy guy" "butter guy," and "oily man."

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

faster · Joined: 03 Sep 2006

Decent synonyms for the Koran "butter" are "smarmy" or "lubricious" (but that one's a bit fancy heh).

I still think "greasy" is totally better though.

swetepete · Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Location: a limp little burg

Where I'm from, we call them 'Chachis.' It can also be an adjective, as in 'he is the Chachiest dude you will ever meet.'

swetepete · Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Location: a limp little burg

It's all about the hair.

esetters21 · Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Location: Seoul

Bailsibub · Joined: 22 Dec 2006

I haven't heard 'greazy' used here. But I have heard 'oily' used before, as in, "He's an oily guy" (students said that about Leo DiCaprio). In Korean, it's pronounced "nuhkee". I think it's more like 'cheesy' for us.

So maybe the women are calling those guys cheesy for some reason or another.

pest2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada

pest2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada

Yeah, what's funny is how guys that, to me look pretty much normal except maybe just boring or plain, all get called greasy. Its like the ultimate cut down. And actually, there some guys who actually seem more like dirty or unhygenic who do NOT get called greasy... they dont get called anything because they're totally out of the picture... I am kinda thinking "greazzy" doesnt actually mean "dirty" like you would think... it always appears to mean, "could be in my market for dating but not because Im not attracted to him"...

whatever · Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Location: Korea: More fun than jail.

And "Bailsibub" is a sock (among many) for MissSeoul, so...he probably digs it.

esetters21 · Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Location: Seoul

cdninkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

In terms of the meaning, 느끼하다 applies to greasy food (to be greasy) but can also be used to describe people.

This is according to my Korean teacher, who (obviously) speaks it fluently.