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Tag: crime

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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keit’ŭ 게이트: Park Geun-hye’s Nixon hand-me-down

2016-11-29 saramcadory politics Leave a comment

How America’s classic political scandal begat a Korean word

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Burberry-man 바바리맨

2016-08-31 saramcadory Clothing & Accessories, School One comment

There’s even an arcade game where you throw things at the flasher.

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