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해장

hae-jang · literally “loosening the insides”

Curing a hangover, usually with hot soup

해장하러 국밥 먹으러 가자.

Let's get soup to kill this hangover.

Where it comes from

해정 (解酲) — a centuries-old word still used daily.

More slang like this

  • 대박 dae-bak — Awesome / no way! (good or bad shock)
  • 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

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