This isn’t a swear word master list or anything, I don’t got time for that but I did find some info about the origins of some common korean swear words and I thought it was interesting and so much more helpful when it comes to a deeper comprehension than trying to forcefully find english “equivalents.” Please note the differences between the literally meanings and their actual uses. Not advisable to use any of these words without seeing how they’re used first.
Swears derived/related to 씹: (씹 literally means vagina)
씨발: The most common korean swear word perhaps, comes from the verb ‘씹하다’ (씹할) meaning to engage in sexual intercourse. So it can be easily equated with the english ‘fuck’. Other spellings include 씹팔, 씹빨, 씹알, 18, etc.
씹새끼: A pretty strong but very common korean swear word, whose literal meaning “a person who came from their mother’s vagina” which may seem silly as a swear because…almost everyone in the world is a person who came out of their mother’s vagina. But referring to it is offensive nonetheless.
엿먹어라: 엿, much like 씹, refers to the vagina so ‘엿먹어(라)’ which generally translates as ‘fuck you’ literally means ‘eat a vagina’
니기미(니미씨팔): comes from ‘너의 어머니 씹할,’ equivalent with the english ‘motherfucker’
개씹, 씹새, 씹창 etc are other examples of 씹 words.
Swears derived/related to 좆: (좆 literally means penis)
존나/좆나/존나게/좆나게/졸라: derived from “좆물이 나올 정도(to the point that semen comes out),” is used colloquially to mean “very, a lot, extremely”
좆같다/좆 같은/좆이다: Literally “like a dick/is a dick,” is used to described something that sucks (is bad or unfavorable).
좆만한 새끼, 좆까라, 좆밥 etc. are other examples of 좆 words.
빌어먹을: used similarly to the english “goddammit,” comes from 비럭질 하다 meaning ‘to panhandle.’ So if you call someone 빌어먹을 놈, youre literally saying theyre poor/unemployed.
쌍놈/쌍년/썅놈/썅년: 쌍 originally referred to the lowest class of people in the Josun dynasty class system. So again, a 쌍놈 is a poor person literally. Used colloquially to say that someone is a bad, shitty person.
싸가지 없다: used to say someone has no manners. originally came from a word meaning 가망(hope), so literally it’s calling someone hopeless.
개: dogs are animals and referring to someone as an animal is offensive, so there are lots of slang and even more 속담 using 개, but it’s not a very strong swear word (depending on how you use it) 개새끼, 개똥, 개털, 개같은, 개, 개좆 개뿔, 개피, etc etc are ways 개 gets used.
there’s way more here for any of yall who read in korean~
