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golbaengi - a very drunk woman, male slang relating to sexual assault, from the word for sea snail

golbaengi 골뱅이: the slang of sexual assault in Korea (NSFW, somewhat)

2017-11-02 saramcadory Uncategorized Leave a comment

“She’s lucky I’m a gentleman and didn’t do anything.”

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3DO Multiplayer Console

Multiplayer 멀티플레이어

2016-03-20 saramcadory Uncategorized, Work Leave a comment

Meaning You might think you know what multiplayer means in Korean because it looks like an English word. Don’t be fooled,

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