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HighTreason · Joined: 15 Jun 2007

I know everyone here is well aware of the meanings of a lot of the Korean words used here because they are in Korea, but I am not. I can get a basic idea of some but there seem to be connotations I'm missing sometimes. Anyone want to elaborate on Korean words often used on these boards? Especially the following:

adjossi
ajumma
waygook

thank you and have a nice day

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

adjossi - old man
ajumma - old woman
waygook - foreign

HighTreason · Joined: 15 Jun 2007

Peppermint, I believe, posted a very good and thorough response to thjis question... What happened to it? Thanks for the response anyway, Peppermint. It answered exactly what I was asking.

seoulsucker · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject:

Adjossi: Older man (30's and up)rocking pantline above the belly button

Ajumma: married older woman (30's and up)permed above the shoulder

Waegook: any non-Korean capable of rationale thought, incapable of eating spicy food

Axl Rose · Joined: 16 Feb 2006

Waygook actually means foreign country. It's a noun and an adjective....외국에 가다 = to go abroad, 외국인 = foreign person, 외국 거래 = foreign trade.

국 (國) means a country/nation-state. 외 means 'outside' (see also 시외에 = outside the city)

Waygook is falsely assumed to mean 'foreigner/non-Korean', but since Koreans take English words and give them Korean meanings, it's all good.

I have read that the original meanings of 아저씨/아쭘마 are uncle/aunt.