GET D!RTY
Next time you're traveling or just chattin'
in Korean with your friends, drop the
textbook formality and bust out with
B
expressions they never teach you in
A

D!RTY
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school, including:
K

cool slang

funny insults

explicit sex terms
KOREAN

raw swear words

Everyday Slang from
"What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!"
KO

Dirty Korean teaches the casual expressions heard
every day on the streets of Korea:
RE
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What's up?
Wasseo?
Holy shit, I'm trashed.
Ssibal, na manchiwi.
AN
I gotta piss.
Na swi ssayahae.
Who farted?
Bangu nuga ggyeosseo?
Wanna try doggy-style?
Dwichigi haeboja?
That bitch is crazy!
Jeo nyeon michin nyeoniya!
I could go for some Korean BBQ. Na cheolpangui meokgospieo.
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$10.00 U.S.
Distributed by
Ulysses
Publishers Group West
Press

HAEWON GEEBI BAEK

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Dirty
Korean

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Dirty
korean
EVERYDAY SLANG FROM
"WHAT'S UP?" TO "F*%# OFF!"
Haewon Geebi Baek
Illustrated by Lindsay Mack
Ulysses Press

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Text Copyright (c) 2010 Haewon Baek. Design and concept
(c) 2010 Ulysses Press. Illustrations (c) 2010 Lindsay Mack. All
rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or
portions thereof in any form whatsoever, except for use by a
reviewer in connection with a review.
Published by:
Ulysses Press
P.O. Box 3440
Berkeley, CA 94703
www.ulyssespress.com
ISBN: 978-1-56975-779-6
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009940343
Printed in Canada by Webcom
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Acquisitions editor: Kelly Reed
Managing editor: Claire Chun
Editors: Nick Denton-Brown, J. Han
Production: Abigail Reser
Proofreader: Lauren Harrison
Interior design: what!design @ whatweb.com
Cover design: Double R Design
Front cover photo: woman (c) bigstockphoto.com/WizData
Back cover illustration: Lindsay Mack
Distributed by Publishers Group West

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This book is dedicated, of course, to my one and only
sis,

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Table of
Contents
Using This Book
1
[1] Howdy Korean
6
[2] Friendly Korean
19
[3] Party Korean
37
[4] Body Korean
57
[5] Horny Korean
76
[6] Angry Korean
95
[7] Poppy Korean
110
[8] Sporty Korean
127
[9] Hungry Korean
145
About the Author
165

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*****Acknowledgments
I would like to thank acquisitions editor Kelly Reed for giving
me the opportunity to write this book. I could not have finished
this project without her words of encouragement during my
bouts of writer's block and procrastination. I also want to thank
two exchange students from Korea, Gyungbae Jeon and
Dong-guen Kim Oppas, who came to my rescue and supplied
some cool new slang terms that I've gladly added to the book.
I must thank my parents (I am Korean, albeit a hyphenated
"American," who still values family and the traditional wisdom
they've instil ed in me), especial y my dad, for his sense of
humor that I've enjoyed and embraced over the years. Thanks
to Matt Kent, Gene Desmidt, Miyo Nakamura, Borami Lee,
Krissy McClain, Jeffrey Ezell, Drew Dibble, Analisa Lono and
Lauren Adelman, my best friends, for believing in me.
Most importantly, I'l be super grateful for the rest of my
life to Jinny Baek, my awesome sister. The knowledge she
gathered during the two years she spent teaching English
in Korea proved to be invaluable. She corrected and refined
my work, which would have been dull and humorless if she
hadn't spent the time reviewing the manuscript and rewrites.
(You can tell that she's standing right next to me dictating the
words as I type.)
Last, I thank you, the readers, who are so curious about the
Korean language that you've bought this little primer. Yes, you
have the right to learn how to say, "Let's have sex!" or "Suck
my dick!" in Korean!
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Document Outline

• Table ofContents
• Acknowledgments
• USING THISBOOK
• CHAPTER 1 HowdyKorean
• CHAPTER 2 FriendlyKorean
• CHAPTER 3 PARTYKOREAN
• CHAPTER 4 Body Korean
• CHAPTER 5 HornyKorean
• CHAPTER 6 AngryKorean
• CHAPTER 7 PoppyKorean
• CHAPTER 8 SportyKorean
• CHAPTER 9 HungryKorean
• About the Author

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