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딱지 떼다

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The picture gets your attention. The expression is the real punchline. Here is the meaning and the scene behind it, straight from As Much as a Rat’s Tail.

딱지 떼다

[ddak-ji ddaeda]

to pop one’s cherry; lose one’s virginity

Makin’ love, out of nothing at all… 딱지 떼다 – We who are about to die, salute you!

Meaning & context

글자 그대로 풀이하면, “상처의 딱지 따위를 떼어내다”의 의미. 이것은 불법 주차를 하였을 경우, “주차구역이 아닌 곳에 주차하였을 때” 주로 쓰이는 표현이다. 하지만, 비속어로 이 단어는 남자가 처음 여자와 관계를 맺은 것을 뜻하며, 아주 가끔의 경우에 여자에게 사용된 다.

Literally to “take off” or “peel off” (ddaeda) a “scab” (ddakji), this rather nasty expression is often used for removing a parking ticket sticker meaning, “Parking in a no parking zone.” The slang, however refers to the first time a man has had sexual intercourse, thereby “becoming experienced” or “popping his cherry.” This expression is rarely used when referring to a woman.

From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 96–97. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.

STORY TIME

See it in conversation

Korean

주차중

English

Parking the Car

ChangHyun

어젯밤, 결국 아름이를 러브모텔에 데려갔어.

창현

Last night, I finally took Arum to a love motel.

TaeYong

너 딱지 뗀거야? 축하해.

태용

You got a ddakji ddaeda? Congratulations.

ChangHyun

뭐? 그건 축하 할 일이 아니잖아.

창현

What? That’s not anything to congratulate me on.

TaeYong

너 처음 한거지. 아니야?

태용

It was your first time. Wasn’t it?

ChangHyun

...딱지 뗀거? 아니야. 나 맨날 불법주차해.

창현

. . .to get a ddakji ddaeda? No. I always park in the wrong place.

TaeYong

아,너‘parking ticket’ 끊은거야?모든모텔에는주차창이있을텐데.

태용

Oh, you got a ‘parking ticket’? But every motel has a parking lot.

ChangHyun

술집 앞에 차를 데고 갔거든.

창현

I left the car in front of the bar.

From the book: notes & culture

Sex Box

Sense and Sexuality ㄷ

•섹스 [sek-se] sex (borrowed from English / ubiquitous)

•하다 [ha-da] to do it (have sex)

•자다 [ja-da] to sleep with (have sex)

•몸을 섞다 [moem-eul-seogg-da] to mix bodies (have sexual intercourse)

•성관계 [seong-gwan-gae] to have sexual relations (more of a medical term)

•떡을 치다 [ddeok-eul chi-da] hitting rice caked (like slapping uglies)

•혼전성관계 [hon-jeon seong-gwan-gae] to have premarital sex

•성교 [seong-gyo] intercourse (coitus or sexual congress)

•합궁 [hap-geung] having sex (archaic, a bit like “making house”)

•(성욕을) 자극하다 [seong-yuk-eul ja-geug-ha-da] - arouse sexual desire

•섹스숍 [sek-se-shop] or 포르노점(店) [po-re-no-jeom] a place to buy those awesome toys or little nightie-nothings

•딸딸이 [ddal-ddal-i] masturbating (childish) for a bit of fun on your own. [most often used specifically for public masturbation]

•자위하다 [ja-ui-ha-da] beat off or jack off

•수음을 하다 [su-eom-eul ha-da] to play with oneself (also a hand job)

•사까시 [sa-gga-si] oral sex or a blowjob (from the Japanese)

•구강 성교 [gu-gang seong-gyo] fellatio or cunnilingus

•빠구리 [bba-gu-rl] buggery or doggy style ass-fucking

•보지 [bo-ji] muff or pussy (slang for a vulva and related to a flower)

•자지 [ja-ji] the penis (slang equivalent to the English cock or dick)

•물건 [mul-geon] literally, a thing (slang for the penis)

•좆털 [jot-teol] a man’s pubic hair (literally “cock fur”),

•잡털 [jab-teol] a man’s pubic hair (literally “impure fur”)

•보지털 [bo-ji-tol] a woman’s pubic hair (literally “pussy fur”)

•떡볶이 [ddeok-bogg-i] magic sex (during the woman’s period)

•라볶이 [ra-bogg-i] magic pubes (red pubic hair that results from having sex during the woman’s period)

•걸레 [geol-lae] an easy woman (literally, a rag)

•갈보 [gal-bo] a prostitute, a whore

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