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흙수저

heuk-su-jeo · literally “dirt spoon”

Born with nothing, starting from zero

흙수저라도 열심히 살면 되지.

Even starting from nothing, you just work at it.

Where it comes from

The bottom of the 수저계급론 ('spoon class') scale.

More slang like this

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  • 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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