고고씽 let’s bust a move
고고씽 [go-go-ssing] get a move on; get crackin’; let’s went. Similar to “go go go,” “we’ve got to hustle,” “pick up the pace,” or “let’s haul ass!”
![강추 [gang-chu] it rocks; two thumbs up](/wp-content/uploads/Pop-Culture-%EA%B0%95%EC%B6%94-gang-chu-it-rocks-two-thumbs-up.png)
강추 [gang-chu] it rocks; two thumbs up
강추 [gang-chu] it rocks; two thumbs up
‘강력추천’이라는 단어의 줄임말로서, 무언가를 강력하게 추천하는 것을 의미한다. 강추는 온라인상 인터넷 채팅에서 종종 사용된다.
Roughly equivalent to the English “it rocks,” This expression is an abbreviation of gangryok chucheon (강력추천), meaning to strongly recommend something, gangchu started online in internet chat rooms by young people, but is now used in everyday conversations. Similar to “It’s the shit!”
![갑이다 [gap-i-da] a same-year peer](/wp-content/uploads/Pop-Culture-%EA%B0%91%EC%9D%B4%EB%8B%A4-gap-i-da-born-in-the-same-year-a-peep-or-peer.png)
갑이다 [gap-i-da] a same-year peer
갑이다 [gap-i-da] born in the same year; a peep or peer
‘동갑’이라는 단어가 줄여져, 같은 해에 태어났음을 의미하는 말이다. 특히 한국인들에게 는 동갑이면 대체 서로 친구로 지낸다.
![간지난다 [gan-ji-nan-da] to look fierce or snazzy; off the hook](/wp-content/uploads/Sex-Sells-%EA%B0%84%EC%A7%80%EB%82%9C%EB%8B%A4-gan-ji-nan-da-to-look-cool-fierce-or-snazzy-off-the-hook.png)
간지난다 [gan-ji-nan-da] to look fierce or snazzy; off the hook
간지난다Literally “off the rack,” but closer to the English slang expression “off the hook.” Ganji (간지) is Jeju dialectic for hoidae (횃대), which means a coat hanger or clothes rack, and is used here to represent a person with a good sense of style as if a voguish sample...![나발불다 [na-bal-bul-da] swig it; suck it down](/wp-content/uploads/Sex-Sells-%EB%82%98%EB%B0%9C%EB%B6%88%EB%8B%A4-na-bal-bul-da-swig-it-suck-it-down-brown-bag-it-knock-back.png)
나발불다 [na-bal-bul-da] swig it; suck it down
나발불다 – there are so many reasons not to do this, but I still want to ㅋㅋㅋ – who’s up for a drink or two this weekend?
![흑역사 [heuk-yeok-sa] dark history](/wp-content/uploads/BeingBad-%ED%9D%91%EC%97%AD%EC%82%AC-heuk-yeok-sa-dark-history-embarrassing-past1.png)
흑역사 [heuk-yeok-sa] dark history
흑역사 [heuk-yeok-sa] dark history
Our history haunts us; from poor hairstyles to our embarrassing Goth phase, 흑역사’s dark history always finds its way to the light of the present day.
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