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[chronicpride]

Disregard the romanization, if you have an issue. You know what the words mean.

Rule- Short visuals only. One ajumma & ajossi perspective per post.

Ajumma- Squatting on the street in front of her mat full of vegetables.

Ajossi- tacky golf shirts.

[Swiss James]

Ajumma- pink rubber gloves and gold teeth
Ajossi- white see-through cotton shirt showing off white "running-gu" vest.

[The Great Toad]

[Zenpickle]

[just because]

Ajummas - Those frigging visor caps

Ajosshis - Just this big load "PPPHHHGGGRRRRAAAAAHHHH before the flem hits the street.

[Mankind]

Ajummas-Starting Linebacker for the Oakland Raiders

Ajosshis-Standing around all day chain smoking

HAND

[chiaa]

Ajummas - A flying elbow drop to get in front of me.

Ajosshis - Someone demanding a discount when they are buying a 3.000 won book.

[Ody]

Ajumma: i picture my entire exercise class reflected in the mirror as we follow our hot, sweet, young, trainer. we are a group of 20, composed of myself and an assortment of mostly married women between the age of 25 and 60.

Ajosshi: my hansom husband.

[Mashimaro]

Ajumma: Misunderstood

Ajoshi: Waste of space

[syclick]

[sparkx]

Ajumma - My Uncle Rick

Ajoshi - My Aunt Shirley

[FierceInvalid]

Ajumma - riotously bright and conflicting flower-patterned clothes

Ajosshi - sitting at a pojangmacha, drinking and yelling....I was thinking today that this reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons where Lisa is walking down the street and the two Russians are angrily bellowing at each other, as the subtitles display "Excellent game. Would you like to play another?" or something like that. Ajosshi Korean definitely has an element of that to it.

[jajdude]

1. Drunk and obnoxious

2.Baggy pants and sidewalk-hogger

[VanIslander]

If we're talking about general impressions, then my experiences have led me to invoke these characteristics:

ajosshi - self-absorbed arrogant airs, or overbearing self-confidence, take your pick.

ajumma- kind yet irritable, pushy yet helpful.

[jajdude]

ajosshi - self-absorbed arrogant airs, or overbearing self-confidence, take your pick.[/quote]

I'll go with the "arrogant airs". Arrogance is a bad thing.

Confidence is a good thing.

I like seeing these arrogant guys outside Korea. They may not walk and talk quite so loud and proud as they do in Korea, but many still put on airs of superiority, especially in countries poorer than Korea. It's pathetic. The best is when they struggle to communicate because of their lousy English or other foreign language skills, and that no one speaks Korean!

I get my kicks in pathetic ways sometimes.