lean forward v. phr.— «Snyder said South Korea should “lean forward just enough to get things started but without giving away leverage” on North Korea, which has in the past pocketed concessions without offering any of their...
gotcha day n.— «Every year, besides her February birthday, we celebrate “gotcha day,” the day in June she came to us, when I get her something from the Korean culture.» —“South Korea Slows Export of Babies for...
dika
n.— «Every kid in Korea has a mobile phone with a “dika” [digital camera].» —“Korean Bloggers” by dda Joe Ito’s Web June 2, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
sideloading n.— «Consumers in Japan, South Korea and Great Britain are already transferring songs directly from their computers to their phones, a practice known as sideloading, or downloading full-length tracks over their mobile networks...
kiabai n.— «To my embarrassment I have only now learned the native or in-group term for the wandering salespersons in the Seoul subway system, kiabai, even though I was staying in Korea on a long-term basis at the time when the phenomenon...
princess disease n.— «The yoohaksaeng girls have this Princess Disease about graduating from a Western college and going back to Korea to meet rich successful Korean businessmen whose family may be impressed enough with her education to...