진상
jinsang
🇰🇷 Korean slang from Seoul
What does “진상” mean?
a nightmare customer, someone obnoxious
Example
“오늘 알바에서 진상 손님 만났어.”
oneul albaeseo jinsang sonnim mannasseo.
I met a nightmare customer at my part-time job today.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🙄 Teasing💼 Work
The textbook way to say it: 무례한 사람
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- 모쏠never had a partner (“single since birth”)
- 갓생a productive, disciplined life (“god-life”)
- 뇌절taking a joke (or anything) too far
- 어쩔티비so what?; whatever (a cheeky comeback)
- 알잘딱깔센do it right, neat and with sense (no need to be told)
- 열공to study hard
- 노답hopeless, a lost cause
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