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대박

dae-bak · literally “big gourd”

Awesome / no way! (good or bad shock)

대박! 시험 만점 받았어?

No way! You got a perfect score?

Where it comes from

From a folk tale where a giant gourd bursts open full of treasure.

More slang like this

  • 짱 jjang — The best, awesome
  • 불금 bul-geum — Fire Friday — the night the week ignites
  • 치맥 chi-maek — Fried chicken with beer, the national combo
  • 인싸 in-ssa — A social butterfly, always in the middle of things
  • 아싸 a-ssa — A happy loner who skips the group stuff
  • 혼밥 hon-bap — Eating a meal by yourself, on purpose

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