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라떼는

ra-tte-neun · literally “as for the latte”

'Back in my day…' — the classic 꼰대 opener

또 라떼는 시작이네.

Here comes another 'back in my day' speech.

Where it comes from

A pun: 나 때는 (in my day) sounds like 라떼는.

More slang like this

  • 멘붕 men-bung — Brain meltdown, totally overwhelmed
  • 최애 choe-ae — Your absolute favourite (bias)
  • JMT jei-em-ti — Ridiculously delicious
  • TMI ti-em-ai — More detail than anyone asked for
  • 갑분싸 gap-bun-ssa — That awkward silence after a bad joke
  • 존맛 jon-mat — Insanely tasty (a little crude)

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