3D
adj.— «Rewind 15 years back in time, when Koreans first tasted the luxury of having foreign laborers do hard, manual jobs, also known as 3D—dirty, dangerous and difficult.» —“15 Years on, Migrants Still Second-Class Citizens” by Hyo-Jae An OhmyNews (South Korea) Aug. 26, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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