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Ddak, ddak, grey ddak… 따가리 days are here
Click. Click. Nothing. The flint is tired, the lighter is empty, and the word you need is 따가리. Here is the book’s slang term for a lighter—and the scene that puts it to work.
따가리
[dda-ga-ri]
a lighter; a bic
Ddak, ddak, grey ddak. ㅋㅋ maybe you need a new flint.
Meaning & context
라이터를 켤때 생기는 마찰의 소리(딱 딱 딱)로부터 유래되어 현재는 그 자체(라이터)를 의미하는 비속어가되었다.
Probably originating from the clicking sound made when thumbing a lighter (Ddak ddak ddak), this onomatopoeic word became slang for a lighter.
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 94–94. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
이리와 내사랑 내 가슴에 불을 지펴줘
English
Come on Baby Light My Fire
불 있어?
Do you have fire?
뭐? 원시인처럼?
What like a caveman?
아니, 따가리 있냐고.
No, do you have a ddagari?
그 빌어먹을 따가리가 뭔데?
What the fuck is a ddagari?
임마, 라이터! 라이터! 속어로 라이터야!
A lighter man! A lighter! It’s slang for a lighter!
그럼, 왜 그렇게 말 안했어? 좆나, 영어좀 배워, 짜샤.
Well, why didn’t you say so? Learn some fucking English, man.
넌 한국말 좀 배워, 개새! 그래서... 가지고 있어?
You learn some Korean, bitch! So. . . do you have one?
좆까 없어! 그리고 넌 담배좀 끊어! 골초!
Hell no! And maybe you should quit smoking! Golcho!
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