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[talkinboutstuffseoul]

Things are so different

I’m still in Sydney.

I still work for a not for profit.

Over the weekend, we had a large scale event. I was the the event manager.

When I realised that they were letting me run this thing, I envisioned fires, chaos, bounce houses full of children flying through the air, pissed off attendees, and participants dropping left and right due to heat stroke and heart attacks. I was convinced this imposter house of cards would come tumbling down and everyone would realise how incompetent I actually am.

My imposter house of cards did not come tumbling down.

More than 1,500 people attended.

More than $420,000 has been raised, with money still coming in online.

I had doctors and people within the affected community pulling me aside to tell me how great the day was and thanking me for stepping up. Social media creeping has turned up nothing but positivity and praise for my organisation and the event.

No fire. No death. No serious injuries. No inflatable boxes of death flying through the air with children inside.

Wow.

[vlli-moved-blog]

[cupsofjade-deactivated20250509]

what the fuck

[failed-son-deactivated20160801]

🍞mayo🍞 culture 

[afrodesiacworldwide]

Love ❤️ yours

”Diastema”

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

@uzzzymoody

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

Still alive. Still in Australia. Still kinda in awe of how beautiful this place is.

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

34 seems like a good age to start punching holes through my body parts. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[mykoreanstudy]

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~

[accidentalajumma]

After reading this I told the Ajeosshi that his new nickname would be 미친 개 같은 쓰레기 놈 새끼. He laughed and asked if I was referring to the cat. 아냐. 고양이는 내 새끼다. 내 새끼. 

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

The first one has brought a very important memory flooding back.

Picture it: Seoul, 2010. It's nighttime, and there are four of us piled into a taxi, all a little drunk. My friend up front is using his broken Korean to have a light conversation with the driver and 기사님 eventually lets it be known that he's quite (QUITE) fluent in English.

This is going to sound obnoxious, but I swear it came up organically through the course of our conversation: one of the guys asks the driver to explain what EXACTLY 씨발 means. Like, the literal translation. The driver cocks his head to the side and sucks his teeth in thought and responds, "it means to have sex...with a vulva."

We all, driver included, laughed at the explanation. More than amusement, though, I was in awe of the fact that this man knew the word "vulva". But no sooner had I milled over the fact that this old Korean man knew words for female anatomy that some dumb and ignorant native speakers don't even know, fuckin Catholic, homeschooled, fresh outta the country Alabama chimes up next to me:

"What's a vulva? Like a car?"

And once again, driver again included, we all shared a laugh, albeit much heartier than before.

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

I have been acting like such a tourist over the last 2 weeks. You'd never know I lived here the better part of a decade.

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

When in Seoul, one must stock up on the essentials.

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

Happily walks into Sephora for one $30 item, angrily walks out carrying bag with said item and a $100 eyeshadow palette

A short story told by every human even slightly into makeup

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

Updating Tumblr because I'm bored because I'm alone in Brisbane because I'm chasing Deftones up the east coast. ¯\_(ツ)_/ ¯

[highreevecain-deactivated202502]

[rarely-if-ever]

I love that he calls out Jimmy Fallon specifically.

[ghost-in-the-ujb]

This is my new favorite thing.

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

WHAT ABOUT THE DN-MOTHERFUCKING-C?!?

[freifraufischer]

[badscienceshenanigans-deactivat]

DRAG THEM NEIL

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

I never post anymore, but I feel like the fact that I spent my Friday night drinking an entire six pack of beer and a third of a bottle of prosecco while live-Tindering Olympic speed walking to a guy I had never met before says all that needs to be said about the state of my life.

[uzzzysays-deactivated20160813]

whatever, i’m an amazing friend, your loss 

[failed-son-deactivated20160801]

ALLFRIENDSMATTER

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

Raises hand as one of the ugly people in the photo. 😑😑😑

[textonly]

[bana05]

MY ENTIRE THOUGHT PROCESS.

[lessthanmore]

KNUCK-TAT GENERATOR

Use your birthday to figure out your own personal knuckle tattoos!

January: DRUG February: HATE March: DICK April: REAL May: DIRT June: THUG July: CASH August: GIRL September: FIST October: SHIT November: BUTT December: KILL 1st: CITY 2nd: RIOT 3rd: FACE 4th: FEAR 5th: GRIN 6th: WOLF 7th: PISS 8th: RASH 9th: DOGS 10th: TITS 11th: LUBE 12th: SAND 13th: FIRE 14th: KIDS 15th: BIRD 16th: NERD 17th: BOYS 18th: MOMS 19th: DADS 20th: VEIN 21st: WURM 22nd: FART 23rd: TRAP 24th: MOAN 25th: HOLE 26th: KING 27th: FUCK 28th: EYES 29th: LIFE 30th: LOVE 31st: STAB

[hotfriend]

thug life. out of all the possibilities I got fucking thug life

[dogfluid-deactivated20181205]

SHIT WOLF

[maffilu]

SHIT CITY

[maya-teresina]

@xxx-kid ha you’re a dirt nerd

[nipsndnaps-deactivated20170717]

Thug King

[eveningoutwithyourgirlfr13nd]

Shit Tits? WTF?

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

Dick hole? THAT'S ME!

[priveting]

[talkinboutstuffseoul]

Gahhhh this view is one of the weird little mental postcards that routinely pops up in my mind when I’m thinking about Seoul. Pedaling like crazy to get enough momentum to go over that hill with as little effort as possible. I’ve ridden over the Banpo bridge a million times. I miss you, Korea.