꼬지다
[ggo-ji-da]
to be worthless or of poor quality; a piece of shit
Meaning & context
품질이나 성능이 다른 것에 비해 뒤떨어짐을 의미한다. 일반적으로 거지라는 단어는 부 정적인 의미를 함축하고 있으므로, “거지같다!” 라는 표현에서 이와같이 변형된 것으로 추측된다.
Lower in quality and performance in comparison to other things, ggojida may be a bastardization of the Korean word for beggar, geoji (거지) due to its overall negative connotation as with describing something as geoji-like, scavenged or scrounged. Synonym: 후지다[hu-ji-da] lousy; inferior; a lemon
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 45–45. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
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Korean
맥 vs. PC
English
Mac vs. PC
제기랄! 난 이 컴퓨터 진짜 싫어. 완전 꼬지다.
Damn! I hate this computer. Totally ggojida.
무슨 문제 있어? 너 산지 얼마 안됐자나?
What’s wrong? Didn’t you just buy that?
그래, 그런데 이건 일본놈들꺼야! 빌어먹을 후지쓰!
Yeah, but it’s Japanese! Fuckin’ Fujitsu!
아니야, 이 인종차별쟁이야! 일본놈들꺼라서가 아니라 PC라서 그런거야. 꼬지다 꼬져.
No, you racist! Not because it’s Japanese, because it’s a PC. Ggojida, ggojyo.
너와 너의 Mac!! 넌 그걸로 싸이월드도 못하자나.
You and your Mac!! You can’t even get Cyworld to work on that.
(컴퓨터를 사랑스럽게 바라보며, 노래한다) “너는 나의 눈의 사과...”
[Staring at computer lovingly, singing] ”You are the Apple of my eye. . .”
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