쭉쭉빵빵
[jjuk-jjuk-bbang-bbang]
voluptuous; bootylicious
Meaning & context
이 표현은 의태어와 의성어이다. 큰 키와 긴 다리를 나타내는 쭉, 그리고 가득 차 터질것 같은 가슴과 엉덩이를 표현하는 빵빵(빵 터지는 소리 혹은 풍선의 모양)이 결합되었다.
This expression is both mimetic and onomatopoeic. Jjuk jjuk (the word for all the way) represents the legs shooting out, and bbang-bbang (the sound of popping or the look of a balloon) is for full breasts and buttocks. Booya!
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 202–203. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
김혜수
English
Kim HyeSu
오와, 걔 몸 봤어? 휴, 나도 그런 몸매였으면 좋겠다.
My god, did you see her body? Uh, I wish I was like that?
누구, 김혜수? 걔 뚱뚱해!
Who, Kim HyeSu? She’s fat!
아니야, 쭉쭉빵빵이지! 나는 왜 쭉쭉빵빵 될 수 없는거지?
No, she’s jjukjjukbbangbbang! Why can’t I be jjukjjukbbangbbang like her?
음, 난 쭉쭉빵빵이야! 그렇게 생각안해?
Well, I’m jjukjjukbbangbbang! Don’t you think?
장난하냐? 넌 막대기야. 네 몸에서 곡선이라고는 둥그렇고 큰 얼굴밖에는 없어.
Are you kidding? You’re a stick! The only curves you have are in your big round head.
내 남자친구가 그랬단말이야! Arum, JiYoon (함께외친다)바람이가!?걘널침대로데려가려면무슨말이던 할껄!
But my boyfriend told me I was! 아름, 지윤 (in unison) PaRam!? He’ll say anything to get you into bed!
From the book: notes & culture
Get Your Chi Charged
Less lazy than the jiut ㅈ above,
Chiut ㅊ gets your Chi charged with love.
Again with the teeth and aspirated to the hilt,
it can come from charity, but be full of guilt.
If from an angry girl, chiut chimes
pay attention or forget your rhymes.
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