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  2. Korean honorifics - Wikipedia

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    The age of each other, including the slight age difference, affects whether or not to use honorifics. Korean language speakers in South Korea and North Korea, except in very intimate situations, use different honorifics depending on whether the other person's year of birth is one year or more older, or the same year, or one year or more younger.

  3. Kkondae - Wikipedia

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    The other theory suggests the French nobility title fr:comte is the basis of the word kkondae (although a modern French person would probably hear the old slang for police, fr:condé). During the Japanese occupation of Korea, pro-Japanese politicians such as Lee Wan-yong received nobility titles from the Japanese government.

  4. Korean profanity - Wikipedia

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    A combination of the adjective 미친; michin, which translates to crazy or insane, and the word 놈; nom or 년; nyeon; 병신; 病 身; byeongsin: Noun. Roughly "moron" or "retard". It is a compound of the word 병; 病; byeong, meaning "of disease" or "diseased", and the word 신; 身; sin, a word meaning "body" originating from the Chinese ...

  5. Old-School Slang Words That Really Deserve a Comeback

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    5. Muffin walloper. Used to describe: An older, unmarried woman who gossips a lot. This colorful slang was commonly used in the Victorian era to describe unmarried old ladies who would gossip ...

  6. Kkonminam - Wikipedia

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    The word "kkonminam" is a neologism that was first used to describe "pretty boy characters from girls comics who regularly appeared against backgrounds filled with flowery patterns". [3] The Korean kkonminam concept of soft masculinity originates from the Japanese concept of bishōnen in shōjo manga and anime, but, according to Sun Jung, with ...

  7. Ajumma - Wikipedia

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    Ajumma (Korean: 아줌마), sometimes spelled ahjumma or ajoomma, is a Korean word for a married, or middle-aged woman. It comes from the Korean word ajumeoni (Korean: 아주머니). [1] Although it is sometimes translated "aunt", it does not actually refer to a close family relationship. It is most often used to refer to a middle-aged or older ...

  8. Aegyo - Wikipedia

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    As the word originally depicts emotions felt by a young child toward his or her mother, a woman partaking in the social relation of amae is conceptually relegated to a position of an immature child of the society, dependent on care-takers" and draws significant parallels of this behavior with Korean concept of aegyo. Korean women often use ...

  9. At 44, Pink Had the Best, Fiery Response to Being Called ‘Old’

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    Pink responded to a tweet that called her “old” with a passionate response about the privilege of aging. Fans rushed to support the singer. At 44, Pink Had the Best, Fiery Response to Being ...