The most HELPFUL Korean slangs ever 😘🌸

learn how to speak like a native~ 💖

2023. 10. 16.

Hello Everyone~! ❤️

TEUIDA is back with the weekly newsletter~! Did you miss us?! ALSO have you all done our hangeul day special lesson yet? If you haven't go do it right now! This week (since we've been doing a couple of AMA weeks) I thought it would be a good time to do a Korean slang themed newsletter💫😘

I have a couple requests from you all & going to add my own suggestions as well! Hope you all enjoy and make sure to leave your questions/requests in the form at the end of this email!!! I love when you guys leave comments ❤️

❤️ From. Sherly

01. 맛집 🥘

This is one of the MOST important slangs to know -- especially if you're travelling to Korea and looking for good food!

Let's break down the word:

맛 (mat) - taste (but short for 맛있는) which means yummy or delicious
집 (jib)- literally means house -- but we use this word after foods to mean "restuarant" for example, 국밥집 would mean a restaurant that sells 국밥 (guk-bap)

This is the word that is used to describe a restaurant that is super good! It's honestly so embedded into everyday korean that in order to search for a good restaurant you gotta search "area name + 맛집" or "food name + 맛집" to get the LEGIT recommendations that locals are going to!

I promise you'll thank me on your next trip~ ❤️

02. 극혐 😷

This one may or may not be useful DEPENDING on the situation but use it sparingly because it is quite a strong term!

Let's break it down!

극혐 (geuk-hyum) is short for 극한의 혐오
극한 means extreme
혐오 means disgust, hatred

So 극혐 means extreme hatred or disgust. You can use it like this:

"아 진짜 극혐이다" which would mean "ugh thats seriously disgusting"

Use it sparingly!!! But since is is a really common term I'm sure you have all seen this in dramas or TV shows in general! This is also one of the terms that is more used in the short form than it is in the long form! Hope this helps ❤️

03. 모쏠 😓

This one is also SUPER common and I'm sure you've heard it in dramas and reality TV. Let's learn what it means and how to use it!

Let's break down the word:

모 (mo) - short for "모태" which literally means womb of your mother
쏠 (sseol)- short for 솔로 which is just the Korean way of writing "solo" (romanized)

So this term literally means: solo since birth (since you were in the womb) But people use it to describe people who have never dated anyone. It's not always negative so don't worry but if someone asks you if you're 모쏠, you can reply with either 네 or 아니요!

Hope this helps~!

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