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current Korean slang/idioms?

 
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legalquestions



Joined: 25 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:19 am    Post subject: current Korean slang/idioms? Reply with quote

Can anyone suggest some useful current slang/idioms? I'd be grateful!
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jvalmer



Joined: 06 Jun 2003

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

땡땡이 - play hooky aka skip school
날날이 - trouble maker (only heard it applied to girls, not sure how rude it is though)
기지배 - bitch (used commonly among girls and their friends, but rude if a stranger uses it)
가신애 - dialect in gyeongsang for 기지배
샘/셈 - short for teacher (선생님), I think if the teacher is really old the formal 선생님 is used
짭새 - rude for police aka pig
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zappadelta



Joined: 31 Aug 2004

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://koreanlanguagenotes.blogspot.com/2005/11/do-you-know-any-good-korean-slang.html
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