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노가다

no-ga-da

to do hard work needlessly toil

What does 노가다 mean?

to do hard work needlessly toil.

From the original card

expanded in the lexicon of young people to indicate any kind of hard work or difficult task ahead of them.

From the published Badass Korean archive. Slang depends on the relationship and setting; historical explanations and origin stories have not been newly reviewed. Some cards include profanity, insults, or sexual language.

노가다 — to do hard work needlessly toil; original illustrated Korean slang flashcard
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