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[widespread123]

Within my group of friends we always teach our Korean friends really funny idioms.

I have this Korean female friend who is just so cute and innocent (think Daegu conservative) who was yawning while eating Galbi after a day on the beach in Pohang. We told her that she should say she "needs an 8-ball." Later that night we went to the fireworks festival and we meet up with some other waygooks. This girl is hanging out with my friend, yawns and says, with a completely straight face, "Oh, I really need and 8-ball." My friend spit out his Hite in laughter. We corrected her but I am still laughing about it the next day.

Mean? Immature? Probably, but it was worth the laugh

any other funny stories?

[LuckyNomad]

My friend is an english major in Kangwan National University. I decided that we needed to work on getting her to sound natural. So I taught her phrases such as
I kicked your ass. This _____ sucks. You suck. You suck at____. Whatever. Your full of shit. This is a piece of shit. This tastes like shit.
What the hell?! Basically everything that is not covered in regular classes yet compromise half of our spoken language.

It's funny listening to her say it in her plain robotic tone. " That car is a piece of shit."

[kermo]

My Korean gal-pal is going out with her first foreign guy, and needs to learn a little casual English, so I quite enjoyed teaching her "Hell yeah," and "Hell no." So simple yet so effective.

[VirginIslander]

[postfundie]

I told my gfriend that instead of 'pad' or 'sanitary napkin' we say diaper.......I'd forgotten about it but then the next month she says she needs a diaper.....

[oneofthesarahs]

I taught one of my friends to say "B*tch, please." I forgot all about it until I suggested to him that he should give up learning English and go for Russian instead. He gave me the most derisive look, and said, "B*tch please." It was perfect. I was so proud.

I have another friend who likes to say "I'm a nasty motherf*cker." I have no idea who taught him that one, but it kills me every time.

[garykasparov]

I've taught one to say the following:

(1) Pimp that bitch
(2) Swing on deeez nutz
(3) 187 on the mother fucking block

[seoulman1]

what does it mean? "I need an 8-ball"?

[uberscheisse]

it's even better if you teach someone to say "i spent nigh on a fortnight puking up me wee guts after drinking that jar of pickled abortion".

phonetically, it's easy to pull off. your protege merely needs to memorize a series of syllables. then when he/she finally meets the zimbabwean ambassador, you get your big laugh.

[Passions]

Yeah, what does, I need an 8-ball mean?

Which country is this slang from? I don't think it's American.

[mateomiguel]

8 ball is cocaine isn't it?

I taught my elderly semi-retired coworker to say "that's some sweet action!" Unfortunately he doesn't quite get when is an appropriate time to say it, and a lot of strange things have been dubbed sweet action by the guy, including his very own granddaughter.

[browneyedgirl]

[widespread123]

B*tch please !!! j/k

8-ball is slang for an 8th ounce of cocaine or crack rock.

[MANDRL]

I have a really sweet coworker who one day said, "I'm rich biiitch!" out of nowhere, of course it was hilarious. She spent a few years in the US, so I am guessing that is where she picked that up.

[jaredbahama]

"i need to break the seal"

-taught that to a korean friend over beers.


(in case you don't know the expression: you know how you can drink beers for a while before having to go to the bathroom. but once you go that first time, you need to go pretty frequently after that. well, going that first time is called, "breaking the seal")