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개기다
to rebel or be defiant; get sassy; tripping’
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고춧가루 뿌리다
to ruin it be a party pooper
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골때린다
be a buffoon play the part of the fool
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구라까다
to bullshit someone to front
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까다
to scrape knuckles to beat thrash or pound someone
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깡다구
steeled for action have balls of steel
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꺼져
get out take a hike piss off bite me
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꼬붕
a gofer messenger minion or flunky
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꼴았다
to gamble or fritter away to squander
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꼴통
blockhead; derogatory insult
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꼽사리 끼다
crash a party butt in
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꼽살리다
get under one’s skin
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나이롱환자
nylon patient; scam artist
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낙동강오리알
a pathetic person a sad story
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낙하산
parachute nepotism pull strings
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낚다
to hook someone you got me
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네똥굵다
your poop is thick your shit don’t stink
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노가다
to do hard work needlessly toil
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눈탱이가 밤탱이 되다
a black eye a shiner
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돌아가시겠다
kill me now; driving me crazy
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됐거든
forget about it yeah whatever
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따 왕따 은따 전따
a black sheep a loser or reject
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땡땡이 치다
play hooky skip school
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만먹다
to give lip not show respect to elders
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맞장뜨다
go toe to toe mano a mano
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바가지 긁다
to nag bitch and moan
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바가지 쓰다
get ripped off pay a lot for crap
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배째라
I’d rather die; my mind is made up
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빈대붙다
a parasite or freeloader to mooch sponge from
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빡돌다
blow one’s top go ballistic wig out
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뽀리다
shoplift a five finger discount
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삥뜯다
to shake down or fleece someone
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사오정
a moron idiot or imbecile
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삽질하다
do something pointless a wasted effort
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새대가리
oblivious a birdbrain a twit
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새되다
made a fool of put in an awkward position
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싸가지없다
ill mannered sod a douche a jerk
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야리다
to eyeball someone squint and stare glare at
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엄창
on my mother’s honor cross my heart
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여병추
derogatory insult; historical slang card
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임마
you little so and so you little bastard
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입이 싸다
loose tongued a blabbermouth
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잉여
a useless human being a waste of space
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쥐꼬리만큼
a bit a meager amount fuck all
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짬뽕
historical derogatory usage about mixed ancestry
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짭새
the pigs the fuzz police derogatory
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쪽팔리다
how humiliating uhhh AWKWARD
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철판깔다
know no shame be barefaced or brazen
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출튀
to sneak out take roll and run
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토끼다
to skip out dine and dash
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토나오다
make me puke hell no
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허접
you suck at an online game
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후까시 잡다
sudden pretense
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흑역사
dark history
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88만원 세대
the 880,000-won generation
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갈구다
to tease, nag, irritate or annoy
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갑이다
a same-year peer
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강남스타일
uptown style
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강추
it rocks; two thumbs up
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개드립
give up on the ad-lib; NOT funny
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겁나게
hella
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고고씽
get a move on; get crackin’; let’s go
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대박이다
score hit the jackpot dynamite or stellar
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돌직구
shoot straight; straight talk; be brutally honest
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띠껍다
to sneer at someone to act bitchy
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몰카지
am I being punk’d
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몽땅
all in everything completely
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방콕
staycation vacation in your room stay home
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빠
a follower a fan or groupie
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시원하다
to hit the spot what a relief whew
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싸이숨
a Psy lament sick of seeing Psy
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뒤땅까다
to talk shit about someone; talk behind someone’s back
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짱이다
it’s the tops it’s cool it’s the bomb
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컨닝하다
to cheat on tests to be cunning
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헐
OMG oops tisk huh whatever what can I say
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100m 미인
good from far but far from good butt ugly or fugly
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간지난다
to look cool, fierce or snazzy; off the hook
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골초 or 꼴초
a chain smoker or tobacco fiend
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공주병
little princess syndrome snob self entitled bitch
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나발불다
swig it; suck it down
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날라리
a player or a punk a hoodlum a juvenile delinquent
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노가리까다
chew the fat; shoot the shit
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돌싱
single and ready to mingle a divorcée
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된장녀
material girl gold digger
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물이 좋다
the water is good it’s hoppin’
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밤새 달려
to party hardy; drink all night
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볼매
to grow on someone
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불금
TGIF burning Friday night
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빡세다
go grey from hard work get the life sucked from you
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작업
to pick up mack on go to work on
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확깬다
to break a trance shatter an image be over it
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