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Tag: neologism
Mo-ssol 모쏠: “Single since birth”
If you don’t know one, you probably are one.
Solo 솔로: Single (and sad?) in Seoul
The language of single life in South Korea
CC: College sweethearts in South Korea
From two English words to alphabetic Korean slang.
mil-tang 밀당
How to play it cool in Korean (+ a little on Korean slang structure)
Skinship 스킨십
The Korean server, looking nervous, addressed me: “Please, no more skinship.”
Sul-ddong 술똥
Poo occupies a somewhat different cultural space in Korea than in the West.
Not quite dating? You’re in “ssŏm 썸”
You know when you like someone, and they like you, and maybe you both know that you both know it, but you haven’t actually gotten to the point of talking about dating yet? That’s ssŏm (sseom, 썸).