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.
This is how Hello Kitty got popular in Korea…
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.
꺄 or 꺅
[kkya] or [kkyak]
LOL; “Oh, joy!”
Hello Kitty’s popularity in Korea is not from little girls, but from women trying to act like them. 꺄 or 꺅 [kkya] or [kkyak] LOL; “Oh, joy!”
Meaning & context
꺄는 단순한 기쁨의 감탄사이다! 보통 “~~~”를 끝에 붙이며, 문자메시지나 카카오톡에 서 많이 사용된다: 꺄~~~는 일반적으로 여성이 많이 사용하지만, 귀엽게 행동하고 싶 은 남자들(보통 게이라고 함)도 많이 쓴다.
Kkya is simply an onomatopoeic exclamation of joy! Often including an “~~~” ending, and most often used in text messaging or on KakaoTalk: Kkya ~~~ is used by and large by females to describe shrieks of joy, but can be used by men who want to act cute (read – gay) as well.
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 34–34. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
꺄톡
English
KkyaTalk
언니이이이, 그거 알아?
Onni-i-i-i, guess what?
뭐?
What?
나 새 옷 생겼어! 꺄~
I got a new dress! Kkya~
음
Mmm.
그리고 언니이이이, 이거 어디 것인 줄 알아?
And onni-i-i-i, guess where I got it from?
...어, 어디...?
. . .uh, where. . .?
프라다!!! 꺄~~ 그리고 언니이이이, 어디서 났게?
PRADA!!! Kkya~~ And Onni-i-i-i, guess how I got it?
;;; 어디서 났는데...
;;; how. . .
남자친구가 사줬어. 꺄~~~
From my new boyfriend. Kkya~~~
헐...
Heol…
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