Kroot · Street Talk 🇰🇷
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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