Badass Korean
You're cool like Korea... You’re a real BADASS, so learn to speak like one!Learn some Korean slang from the GreyRat before you become the linguistic equivalent of a 99-pound weakling.
시원하다 – Always refreshing!
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.
시원하다
[si-won-ha-da]
to hit the spot what a relief whew
What a relief! 시원하다 – it’s relaxing or refreshing; invigorating; revitalizing; whew; brisk or bracing; what a relief; feel better; that’s a load off —- hit the spot “Everything come out alright?” Literally “it’s cool” (as in cold). It refers to the cool sensation of feeling refreshed. This is used jokingly among friends, especially after going to the bathroom: “Was it refreshing?” or “Whew, that totally hit the spot.”
Meaning & context
글자 그대로는 선선하고 서늘하다라는 뜻 (추운것과 같이). 비속어로 쓰일 때 이는 개운한 감정을 의미한다. 이는 친구들 사이에서 장난스럽게, 특히 화장실 다녀온 후 자주 사용한다.
Literally “it’s cool” (as in a bit brisk or bracing). Here it refers to the cool sensation of feeling refreshed or revitalized after “relieving” oneself in the bathroom. Used jokingly among friends, particularly males, it is most often used to describe the relaxing feeling of voiding one’s bladder.
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 145–145. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
따뜻한 물
English
Warm Water
수영 어땠어?
How was your swim?
와우, 정말 시원했어.
Wow, that was siwonhada.
시원했다고? 말도안돼! 너 진짜 안에서 싼거야? 미친새끼야! 나 바로 옆 레인에 있었다고!
Siwonhada?! You didn’t! Did you really go in the pool? You ass! I was in the next lane!
나를 위한 시원함. 그리고 너를 위한 따뜻함. ㅋㅋ
Siwonhada for me and warm for you. Kh kh.
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