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KAMAKAZI
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 Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject: What's the English definition of... |
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the konglish word "booking", like at a night club? Does the English language have such a word? I wouldn't call it dating or a blind date.
Just curious Thanks |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| I know of no single English word that covers it. It's a kind of bar/night club where the waiters arrange for customers to meet. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:26 am Post subject: Re: What's the English definition of... |
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| KAMAKAZI wrote: |
the konglish word "booking", like at a night club? Does the English language have such a word? I wouldn't call it dating or a blind date.
Just curious Thanks |
It is an arranged meeting in a night club.
The women have to pulled over by the waiter to the guys' table, they "reluctantly" drink free whiskey the guys give them, then bugger off to their table. Repeat all night long. |
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DrOctagon
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
Location: Chicago
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| Booking, like when you book a gig at a bar, club, or music venue? |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| DrOctagon wrote: |
| Booking, like when you book a gig at a bar, club, or music venue? |
No. You have defined the English expression, not the Konglish expression |
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KAMAKAZI
Joined: 14 Mar 2008
Location: Jamshil
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:12 am Post subject: |
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How about these Konglish words:
king ka 킹카
queen ka 퀸카
senior 시니어
junior 주니어 |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| KAMAKAZI wrote: |
How about these Konglish words:
king ka 킹카
queen ka 퀸카
senior 시니어
junior 주니어 |
Kingka/queenka == hot guy/ hot girl (or really cool, if you want to talk about personality rather than looks)
senior = someone older then you
junior = someone younger than you
senior and junior are usually used in the context of schoolmates eg. you are a freshman, so sophomores are your seniors, juniors are your seniors, and seniors are your seniors
they distinguish ages where we don't; friends, classmates, co-workers, schoolmates, etc are all age-non-specific. Senior and junior are age-specific. |
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Rob'sdad
Joined: 12 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| For 386ers 킹카 meant BMOC (big man on campus). |
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Rob'sdad
Joined: 12 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:09 am Post subject: |
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Cornfed
Joined: 14 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: What's the English definition of... |
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| KAMAKAZI wrote: |
| the konglish word "booking", like at a night club? |
How about "no-service prostitution". |
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ernie
Joined: 05 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| i was gonna say 'whoring' |
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mrgiles
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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senior 시니어
junior 주니어 |
i don't think these really count as "official" konglish, as there are korean words (선배 and 후배) that are extensively used and cover the concepts. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Barfining |
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mrgiles
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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i thought booking was a pretty awful concept til i thought about it in reverse - what if it were guys that were booked instead of girls?
i'd be cajoled to go to a table full of horny girls who give me free drinks. if i like them i can stay around, or go to the next table for more free drinks and horny girls.
sounds absolutely terrible!!! |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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| mrgiles wrote: |
i thought booking was a pretty awful concept til i thought about it in reverse - what if it were guys that were booked instead of girls?
i'd be cajoled to go to a table full of horny girls who give me free drinks. if i like them i can stay around, or go to the next table for more free drinks and horny girls.
sounds absolutely terrible!!! |
Kinda like working at an open air beer bar in Phuket |
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