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| Is 'ajumma' a derogatory or offensive term? |
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Optimus Prime
Joined: 05 Jul 2007
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 Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| What's the male equivilant of "Agashi?" I always get called Ajoshi, sometimes something like "Goat meenam" when I wear my pink cardigan-whatever the heck that means. |
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I've forgotten the 'goat' part, but 'meenam' is like pretty boy. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Optimus Prime wrote: |
| What's the male equivilant of "Agashi?" I always get called Ajoshi, sometimes something like "Goat meenam" when I wear my pink cardigan-whatever the heck that means. |
It's 꽃미남 (is it 미 or 민?) and it literally means "flower beauty man." It's supposed to be a compliment. |
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arjuna
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| Optimus Prime wrote: |
| What's the male equivilant of "Agashi?" |
총각 (chong-gak) - young man / bachelor |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, I believe sometimes a white girl will get called ajumma as an insult. I once had a Korean guy trying to talk to me in a bar. He was sitting at the next bar stool. He looked 40ish and I was not interested. He kept trying to talk to me and I pretended not to hear him. Then, when I gave him a dirty look and moved the chair with my purse closer to me, he started tapping my arm and saying "sorry, ajumma". he was just pissed that I ignored his ugly butt, so I told him in Korean to shut up and I called him ajjoshi and byuntae nom. IDIOT! Most Koreans call me agasshi^^ |
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