바보 , babo, (Bah-Boh)
Means: Fool, stupid, dumb
Often used to tease between friends/siblings/other close relationships
Insulting, but not that insulting.
Example : 넌 바보 야.
Translation: You're a 바보.
Or:
"바보!"
Translation : "Idiot!"
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오빠, oppa, (oh-ppa)
Means:
1. A girl's older brother.A boy's older brother is something different -.-
2.a term of affection for a girl to call her (*COUGH* older boyfriend *COUGH*) But the girl has to be younger.
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ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
^ This is not a technical word, but instead more like internet slang. Like, kekekeke except leaving out the vowel
*Interruption*
Mini Korean Lesson! :D
(because, if you know, Korea has two sets of alphabets, and one of them is the 'vowel' alphabet. They combine one from each to form one 'character.' Often, the 'characters' have a chinese meaning too.I think that's right. I apologize if I'm wrong T^T It's been a long time since I've lived in Korea)
*Back to Words of the Week*
So more like kkkkkkk.
So you know, kekeke means 'laughing' or 'the sound of laughter' <---- Kinda like haha, etc.
Same goes for ㅎㅎㅎㅎ <--- Now that makes a hhhhh sound, technically 'shortened' for Hahaha, or 하하하.
*Note: Korean is NOT at all similar to English (except for words influenced by "Western" culture or whatever), I mean more generally talking about traditional korean. So just because the 'a' in hahaha is in the same place as 'ㅏ' in 하하하 does NOT mean they are equivalent. If this makes any sense at all(:
Soo, keep in mind when Korean (the language) was first created S.Korea thought Asia was the only continent that existed. It was that long ago.
And also, some words in Korea now have an 'American', 'European', or 'Western' influence now, and it is growing increasingly popular to Koreans by modern TV shows, dramas, celebrities, k-pop, etc.
Updated as of 11.15.10
