허접
[heo-jeob]
you suck (at an online game)
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Meaning & context
초라한, 보잘것 없는 것을 뜻하는 허섭쓰레기라는 단어로부터 유래되었다. 이는 허접쓰레 기로 변형되었다가 다시 허접이라는 말로 줄여져 ‘무언가 잘하지 못하는 것, 혹은 아주 형 편없음을 의미’한다. 주로 스타크래프트와 같은 온라인게임에서 사용된다.
Taken from the word heoseob-seuraegi (허섭스레기) meaning a shabby, humble, or worn-out thing, it was distorted to heojeob-seuraegi (허접쓰레기) and then shortened to heojeob. The slang meaning is to be lousy at something or to suck, and it is most often used in reference to online gaming such as StarCraft.
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 225–225. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
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Korean
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English
Trash Talk
창현아, 스타크래프트 한판 할까?
Hey ChangHyun, you wanna play StarCraft?
장난하냐? 넌 허접이야.
Are you kidding? You’re heojjeob.
무슨 소리 하는거야? 나 스타크래프트 할 줄 알아...
What? I can play StarCraft. . .
그래, 근데 너 전화벨만 울리면 도망가잖아.
Yeah, but you always walk away when your phone rings.
그건, 사업상 전화가 올 때...
Well, that’s if it’s business . . .
사업? 여자 꼬시는 사업이겠지! 너는 여자한테만 말 걸잖아!!
Business? The business of picking up girls! You only talk to girls!!
적어도 난 그런 일이라도 있지... 너야말로 데이트 허접인거야.
At least I have game. . . Maybe that’s why you are so heojeob at dating.
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