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Tag: portmanteau

utpeuda is Korean for funny but sad

utpeuda 웃프다: Funny but sad in Korean

2017-12-14 saramcadory Humor Leave a comment

Brought to you by the letter ㅅ and its secret lives

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go-kwol, Korean for high quality, from internet slang

Go-kwol 고퀄 – A search for the origins of high quality

2017-10-26 saramcadory Technology Leave a comment

Witness the birth of a new word~

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mo-ssol forever alone

Mo-ssol 모쏠: “Single since birth”

2016-12-21 saramcadory Dating Leave a comment

If you don’t know one, you probably are one.

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mil-tang 밀당

2016-09-22 saramcadory Dating One comment

How to play it cool in Korean (+ a little on Korean slang structure)

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