여병추
[yeo-byeong-chu]
derogatory insult; historical slang card
The Flashcard
The original illustrated card, front and back.
Before you use it
This entry documents derogatory language, including an ableist English gloss in the historical card.
Meaning & context
‘여기 병신 추가요’라는 문장으로부터, 앞의 글자들이 때어져 만들어진 비속어. 이것은 바
보같은 짓을 하는 친한 친구를 놀릴 때 사용된다. 음식점에서 추가 주문을 할 때 쓰는 표현 과 비슷하다.
An acronym meaning “insert retard here,” yeobyeongchu comes from the sentence yeo-gi (here) byeong-shin (retard) chu-ga-yo (another please). Used when teasing a close friend for doing something stupid, it is similar to the expression used in restaurants for asking for additional orders similar to “another round please.”
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 172–173. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
딤섬 레스토랑
English
Dim-Some Restaurant
중국음식 너무 좋아. 더 시키자.
I love Chinese food. Let’s order more.
이미 많이 먹었잖아. 그러다 배 터지겠다.
You’ve eaten so much, you look like you’ll explode.
그래도 더 먹고싶어! 그리고 맥주도 더!
But I want more! And more beer!
(웨이터에게 잔뜩 취해서는) 여기, 맥주 몇 병 더 추가요.
[Drunkenly, to the waiter] Over here, more bottles of beer.
여병추! 너네 둘 다, 여병추!
Yeobyeongchu! Both of you, Yeobyeongchu!
From the book: notes & culture
Lost in
Translation
(non)Sense and (lack of) Sensibility
OK, from dumb to crazy, the odd and the idiotic, from the inane to the insane, the brainless to the senseless, here are several slang expressions to describe your friends and enemies complete lack of sense:
•눈치없다 [nun-chi-eob-da] to have no sense of a situation (particularly in social settings)
•어리버리하다 [eo-ri-beo-ri-ha-da] to look disoriented, dazed and bewildered; to be dull or stupid.
•오덕후 [o-deok-hu] a nerd, with an odd or unusual interest (from otaku of Japanese anime)
•얼빵하다 [eol-bbang-ha-da] to look foolish, from eolbbajida (얼빠지다) – to be stupefied with fear, dazed, look blank, absent-minded.
•빙시 [bing-shi], or 븅신 [byung-shin] etc. there are many slight sound variations for 병신 (byungshin) literally meaning a person with a disease or disability, but implying that someone is retarded (and including all the politically-incorrect offensiveness of the English word “retard”).
•또라이 [ddo-ra-i] literally, to turn or spin (of a child [ai] turning [ddol]), this slang is like the twirling of one’s index finger next to one’s head.
•맛이 갔다 [mas-i gat-da] literally, the taste has gone [bad], and meaning for something to have gone rotten, or be off.
•싸이코 [ssa-i-ko] from the English psycho [in Japanese this can mean cool too, but Koreans only use it for someone that is crazy].
•무개념 [mu gae-nyum] 개념없다 [gae-nyum-eob-da] an offensive term for a total lack of common sense, like “shit for brains”
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