따먹다
[dda-meok-da]
to have a one-night stand; taste one’s fruit; get some
Meaning & context
보통 과일을 먹는 것을 연상시키는 표현. 하지만 여기서 이 속어는 하룻밤 즐기며 관계를 갖 는 사람들에게 사용되어진다. 또한 따는 강제적, 일방적인 의미를 기초적으로 내재하고 있 다.
Literally meaning “to pick and eat” (as in a piece of fruit), here it is used for a person, as in to have a one-night stand. Dda (따) involves the idea of the biblical forbidden fruit as well as an element of force or coercion in many cases. Similar expressions in English are to “bag,” “tag” or “score with” (a girl), or even to “get a piece.”
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 95–95. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
줄리아나 과일안주
English
Juliana Fruit Plate
형, 어디 갔었어? 과일 다 없어졌어.
Hyeong, where have you been? The fruit’s all gone.
윗층. 호텔에... 그 영계 따먹었어.
Upstairs. At the hotel . . . I ddameokotda that chick.
벌써? 정말 선수라니깐! 여자를 좀 소중히 여겨야 할텐데.
Already? You’re such a player! You should have more respect for women.
형이 신선한 복숭아 좀 먹었다고 지금 질투하는구나.
You’re just jealous ‘cause I had a fresh peach.
에이 싸가지없다!
Such an ass!
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