뽕빼다
[bbong-bbae-da]
get your money’s worth
Meaning & context
글자 그대로 해석하면, 보지를 빼다. 여자의 음부를 저속히 이르는 뽕이라는 단어와 꺼내 는것을 의미하는 빼다라는 단어가 합쳐진 비속어이다. 이 표현은 창녀촌에서의 지불에 대 한 가치를 얻어내고 싶은 상황에서 유래한 것 같다.
Literally “to take out or extract the pussy.” Bbong (뽕) comes from the low expression for the female genitalia and bbaeda (빼다) means to take out. This may come from the concept of getting value from the fee paid for a prostitute.
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 138–138. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
물에 들어간 물고기
English
Fish in the Water
피곤해. 물 나이트 별로야. 집에나 가자.
I’m tired. Mool isn’t that fun. Let’s go home.
뭐?! 우리 방금 왔잖아.
What?! We just got here.
안주도 방금 나왔는데. 술 마시자. 뽕빼고 놀아야지.
And the anju just came. Have a drink. Bbongbbaeda and party.
뽕빼고 싶은거였으면, 우리는 왜 데리고 온거야?
Well, If you want bbongbbaeda, why did you bring us here?
그냥 창녀촌에나 가라! 언제나 물 좋은.
Yeah, just go to the red light district! Where the mool is always good.
From the book: notes & culture
The Straight Scoop
안주 [an-ju] a Korean side dish. Many Koreans like to order anju when they drink alcohol at bars and nightclubs. In fact, it’s expected that you order anju when you go to most pubs. Dishes include: dried squid or nogari (young pollok – think dried minnows), various nuts, tofu with kimchi, pajeon (Korean pancakes), fried chicken, or even beondaegi, which are roasted silkworm larvae. Yum!
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