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구라까다

[gu-ra-gga-da]

to bullshit someone; to front

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Meaning & context

구라는 거짓(말)이나 가짜, 이야기를 속되게 이르는 말을 의미한다. 그리고 이것은 까다

(알이 부화하는 것)와 치다(때리다 또는 저지르다)라는 동사와 함께 결합되어 사용되어진

다. 단순히 거짓말 하는 것을 의미하거나 축어적으로는 거짓말을 알이 부화하듯 계속 깐 다, 거짓말을 하고 이야기를 지어내는 행위를 의미한다.

Gura (a lie or a vulgar way of telling dirty jokes) is combined with ggada (as in to hatch an egg) or chida (to strike or to commit) to mean simply to lie or more literally, hatch a lie, commit a lie, or just get fictitious.

From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 26–26. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.

STORY TIME

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Korean

돌 둘

English

Two Rocks

JungSeok

난 창현이가 좋아. 맨날 말을 지어내는게 문제지.

정석

I like ChangHyun, but he’s always making things up.

HwaSeok

맞아, 항상 구라까... 걔가 할 줄 아는건 구라까는 것 밖에 없어.

화석

Yeah, every day guraggada… all he does, nothing but guraggada.

JungSeok

하지만 걔 정말 웃겨. 야, 우리 걔한테 구라쳐보자.

정석

But he’s so funny. Ya, let’s gurachida to him.

HwaSeok

그래, 터무니 없는 거짓말해서 걔가 얼마나 좋아하는지 한번 보자구.

화석

Yeah, a whopper of a lie and see how he likes it.

JungSeok

“불은 불로 다스린다”

정석

Fight fire with fire!

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