띠껍다
[ddi-ggeob-da]
to sneer at someone; to act bitchy or catty
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Meaning & context
마음에 안 드는 무엇인가를 표현할 때 사용된다. 특히 누군가의 얼굴표정이나 태도가 마음 에 안 들때 자주 쓰이며 매스꺼울정도로 마음에 들지 않음을 나타내는 역겹다라는 표현과 비슷하다.
Used to describe something disliked particularly someone’s snide facial expression or bitchy attitude. Possibly related to yeokgyubda (역겹다), meaning nauseating or revolting. Distantly related to the English expressions: “wipe that grin off your face,” and “what the fuck are you looking at?”
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 100–101. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
그 웨이터
English
The Waiter
나 너무 배고파. 그 느려터진 웨이터 어디갔어?
I’m so hungry. Where is that waiter? He’s so slow.
그리고 걔 너무 띠꺼웠어. 예의도 없고! 어떻게 조지지?
And he was so ddiggeopda. No respect! How dare he!
아, 왜그래. 그냥 냅둬. 일하는게 너무 힘들어서 그런 걸 수도 있잖아. 그냥 기분좋게 먹자.
Awe, come on. Give the guy a break. Maybe he’s just having a rough day. Let’s enjoy the meal.
안돼. 띠꺼워. 걔는 내가 얼마나 이쁜지 모르는거야? 어떻게 그런 못생긴 얼굴을 나한테 보일 수가 있어?
No, he was really ddiggeopda. Doesn’t he know how pretty I am? How can he show me such an ugly face?!
식사 나왔습니다. 숙녀분들을 오래 기다리게 해서 죄송해요. 후식은 무료제공이구요. 그럼 식사 맛있게 하세요.
Here’s your food ladies, so sorry for the delay. And the dessert is on the house. Enjoy your meal.
From the book: notes & culture
Riul’s Absence is a Mystery
Neither an R nor an L in sight.
What happened to riul’s ㄹ might?
Initial R or L when final,
riul’s ㄹ absence is a mystery,
missing in the pages of this book’s history.
Few words begin with its ㄹㄹㄹ rolling sound
So skip to mium ㅁ and have another round..
Two Lips Meet to Merge Complete
Like two lips separating soundly
Making a mandible of mium ㅁ roundly.
Mumbling a mantra as it stared
into the madness of the storm squared.
Ma-ma-ma 마마마 from the 마움 ma-eum
of heart, of home.
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