꼰대

kkondae

🇰🇷 Korean slang from Seoul

What does “꼰대” mean?

a bossy know-it-all (often older)

““라떼는 말이야” 하는 순간 꼰대야.”

“latteneun mariya” haneun sungan kkondaeya.

The moment you say “back in my day”, you're a kkondae.

라떼는 말이야 (“latte is a horse”) is a pun on 나 때는 말이야 (“back in my day”). Never call an adult 꼰대 to their face.

With friends, not your boss

🙄 Teasing💼 Work

The textbook way to say it: 권위적인 사람

Team dinner on a Friday

Taeyang 작년 회식 기억나요? 부장님 노래방에서 완전 갑분싸였잖아요.

Remember last year's dinner? At karaoke the head made the mood go totally awkward.

Jieun ㅋㅋ 기억나요. 그래도 꼰대는 아니에요. 은근 좋은 분이에요.

Haha, I remember. Still, he's not a bossy know-it-all. He's low-key a nice guy.

Taeyang 인정. 근데 막내가 고기 굽는 게 국룰이라서... 지은 씨가 막내잖아요.

True. But it's the unwritten rule that the youngest grills the meat... and you're the youngest, Jieun.

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