폭탄이다
[pok-tan-i-da]
butt-ugly or busted
Meaning & context
간단히 말해, 폭탄은 bomb이다. 비속어로 외모가 심각하게 못생겨 아무도 데이트하고 싶 어하지 않음을 나타내는 표현이다. 비슷한 영어표현으로는 “it sucks.”또는 경멸하는 의미 의 “busted”가 있다.
Simply speaking, poktan is a bomb. As slang, this expression refers to a person’s definitive unattractiveness, or someone that no one wants to end up with. Opposite of the English expression “the bomb,” it is used to describe someone as hideous, revolting or more appropriately with the derogatory term “busted.”
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 221–221. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
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Korean
잃어버린 번역 2
English
Lost in Translation 2
제시카 알바는 폭탄이다!
Jessica Alba is poktanida! She’s the bomb!
너 정신 나갔어? 걔 완전 예뻐...
Are you insane? She’s beautiful!. . .
그래 당연하지. 걔는 똥이야!
Yeah, man. She’s the shit!
똥이라니 무슨말이야. 나 걔 사랑해... 저번에 니가 소개시켜준 여자가 폭탄이다! 그래서 내가 튄거야.
What do you mean shit. I love her. . . The girl you introduced me to was poktanida! That’s why I bounced.
알았다, 알았어. 내 생각에 우린 비속어 번역가가 필요할 것 같아. 니가 센스없는 소리만 계속 하잖아.
OK, I guess we need a slang translator, cause you’re not making any sense.
잘못 짚었어. 그건 너지. 하지만 그래, 그 쥐꼬리 책에서 한번 찾아보자.
You’ve got it the wrong way, but yeah, let’s look at that “Rat’s Tail” book again. BOMB!
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