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Slang sayings from The Grey Rat
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.
꺼져
[ggeo-jeo]
get out take a hike piss off bite me
[Archived image unavailable] Keep your conversations from becoming mundane. Spice your Hangul up with a helping of “Hella!” [겁나게] or a wee bit of “Bite me!” [꺼져] Check out our As much as a Rat’s Tail book page for a list with a helluva lot more slang expressions to impress your friends and enemies with. ㅋㅋ or would that be a ㅎㅎ?
Meaning & context
“꺼져”라는 표현은 영어의 “Go away!” “Get out of my sight!”와 같이 여기서 나
가라는 의미의 말이다. 하지만 속어로 쓰일 때에는 “난 널 믿을 수 없어!”, “싫어!”의 의미 를 포함하고 있다.
Literally meaning “go away” or “get out of my sight,” but when used as slang, ggeojeo can mean “I don’t believe you,” or “I don’t want to.” Similar to the English expressions “get out,” “no way,” “not going to happen” or even “fuck off!”
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 40–40. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
찬 물
English
Cold Water
야, 오늘 클럽데인데 홍대갈래?
Hey man, want to go to Hongdae for club night?
좋지, 그런데 꼭 M2위에 있는 클럽 가야해.
Sure, but we absolutely have to go to that club above M2.
꺼져! 너 그 소영이란 여자가 오길 바라는 거자나.
Ggeojyeo! You’re just hoping that SoYoung will be there.
응, 걔 진짜 예쁘고 어려. ㅋㅋ.
Yeah, but she is so beautiful and so young. Kh, Kh.
꺼져! 걔는 아줌마야!! 그 여자 서른살도 넘었어.
Ggeojyeo! She’s an ajumma!! She’s got to be over thirty.
아마 그럼 난 늙은 여자를 좋아하나봐. 암튼 찬 물 끼얹지마 이새끼야.
Maybe I like older women then. Don’t throw cold water on it, you SOB.
From the book: notes & culture
The Straight Scoop
아줌마 [a-jum-ma] literally “a married woman,” but most often used to refer to an older-looking, short, stocky matron with short hair in a bad perm (think – old bag). As such, most women would not like to be called an ‘ajumma,’ even if married.
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