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helly
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
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Medic,
Shopaholic is very common, not just in Korea, to refer to someone (or oneself) who loves shopping and probably does it a bit too much.
Loveholic is the name of a popular band and song in Korea and the term seems to have been picked up in regular usage |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| helly wrote: |
| Loveholic is the name of a popular band and song in Korea and the term seems to have been picked up in regular usage |
Or the term was used by this band because it IS common usage here. |
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helly
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Zed, very possible and if the case, my apologies for not being up on the current vernacular. I hadn't heard it before the band. |
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Zed
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| Neither had I. I was just offering the other possibility. |
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matthewwoodford
Joined: 01 Oct 2003
Location: Location, location, location.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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I like the word 'skinship'. If out in the bar and getting on well enough with a girl to have your arm around her Koreans may comment that 'skinship is good'. This is creative!
I don't like Konglish words that are just English words with the meaning changed e.g. 'cunning' meaning 'cheating', or 'lost my mind' meaning 'so drunk I can't remember what happened'. Try to explain stuff like this to Koreans: just like beating your head against a brick wall.
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matthewwoodford
Joined: 01 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Weird. I find myself agreeing with the konglish definition as often as not....
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Len8
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
Location: Kyungju
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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I learned another good one from my students. A male Korean flasher is an "Adam". I wasn't able to get around to asking them what a female flasher is. Maybe she's an "Eve".
Last edited by Len8 on Wed Nov 12, 2003 1:55 am; edited 1 time in total |
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The Hammer
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Ullungdo 37.5 N, 130.9 E, altitude : 223 m
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:42 am Post subject: |
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One of my Korean students said, " I am going to happify my life."
Happify is cool word.
Happify your life! |
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Len8
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
Location: Kyungju
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| Heard this the other day. "What's a Chinese car?" Answer " A bicycle" |
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