Badass Korean
You're cool like Korea... You’re a real BADASS, so learn to speak like one!
Learn some slang from the GreyRat before you become the linguistic equivalent of a 99-pound weakling.
Burning Friday Night!
Let’s set this town on fire
OK, maybe it’s only Wednesday, but the burn is about to happen! TGIW!
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Slang sayings from The Grey Rat
Keep your conversations from becoming mundane. Spice your Hangul up with a helping of “Hella!” [겁나게] or a bit of “Bite me!” [꺼져]
Smoke up Johnny!…
Anyone else feel like an inordinate number of Koreans smoke? #ratstail #koreanslang #seoultips #badasskorean #TIK #서울 #seoul_korea
ABSOLUTELY OBLIVIOUS!
ABSOLUTELY OBLIVIOUS! 새대가리 [sae-dae-ga-ri] to be totally oblivious; a birdbrain; a twit
JUST SHOOT ME!
돌아가시겠다 [dol-a-ga-si-get-da] kill me now; drive sb crazy
HUBBA HUBBA 100m 미인
When it’s all HUBBA HUBBA from a distance, but within range, it’s more HAFTA HURL, that’s a 100m 미인
Ddak, ddak, grey ddak… 따가리 days are here
Learn some slang from the GreyRat before you become the linguistic equivalent of a 99-pound weakling. ㅋㅋ maybe you need a new flint.#ratstail #koreanslang #seoultips #badasskorean #TIK #서울 #seoul_korea Quit pussyfooting around and sign up!... Get the Grey Rat's rants...
Feeling Fierce?
Runway ready? Strut say you Gingham! 간지난다 [gan-ji-nan-da] looking good, fierce or snazzy; off the hook. Too cool for school!
TIK #22 – Dixie Cup Driver
No seriously, they’d just stick a dixie cup in your face, tell you to blow, then sniff for soju! Hey, #TIK!
TIK #50
Just because someone is a non-native, doesn’t mean they don’t get the implied insult of inappropriate #반말 use.
죽음 the sublime moment
“The most sublime is the moment of death.”
가장 숭고한 순간은 죽음
Shooting the shit
Just chillin’, shooting the shit with a friend in the park and having’ some delicious nogari… 노가리 까다 [no-ga-ri gga-da] chew the fat; shoot the shit #친구끼리!
고진감래: From great efforts come sweet rewards!
고진감래 – Yes, from great efforts come sweet rewards so get off your butt and start this concoction: drop a shot of Coke with a shot of soju into a big happy bubbling beer!
Hey look kids, it’s Poli!
Learn some slang from the GreyRat before you become the linguistic equivalent of a 99-pound weakling. Another Poli appearance!? Will they be (Seoul's finest) street-side sleepers today? The ignore everything fuzz? The dixie cup cops? Anyway, gotta love the...
The real bomb
The real bomb – Drop the whiskey in and sing “one more whisky bar!”
Lit up with a serious soju experience!
Liquored up, lit up and laughing… but drunk or not, I’m havin’ a serious soju experience today! #blitzed #blotto #red-faceddrunk
Soju and beer! Fab combination one!
A brief description of how to create SoMaek [소맥] (soju and beer): take a shot of soju, gently plop it in a frosty mug of Korea’s finest swill (OB, Cass or Hite) and you’ve got the makings of a fabulous evening.
Biggest Korean Pet Peeves
Essentially, if you want respect, you’d better give it. Just because someone is a non-native, doesn’t mean they don’t get the implied insult of inappropriate #반말 use.
