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꼰대

kkon-dae · literally “(old schoolyard word for an old man)”

An older person who lectures everyone from on high

그런 말 하면 꼰대 소리 들어.

Say that and people will call you an out-of-touch boomer.

Where it comes from

1960s student slang for teachers, revived for anyone stuck in their ways.

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