Korean swear words
쌍놈 (ssangnom)
“scumbag / uncultured bastard”
The male equivalent of ssangnyeon. Uncultured, rude, low-class man.
미친년 (michinnyeon)
“crazy bitch / psycho bitch”
The female equivalent of michinnom. Highly offensive slur for women acting irrationally.
개새끼 (gaesaekki)
“son of a bitch / bastard”
A harsh personal insult directed at males. Uses the degrading animal classifier 'gae' (dog) with 'saekki' (offspring).
지랄발광 (jiralbalgwang)
“throwing an absolute shit fit / going completely apeshit”
An intensified version of jiral meaning someone is going completely and publicly insane or overreacting wildly.
걸레 (geolle)
“slut / whore”
Slang for a sexually promiscuous woman. Literally means a dirty rag used for wiping floors.
좆까 (jokka)
“fuck you / bullshit / fuck off”
An incredibly vulgar and aggressive way to dismiss someone's words or presence. Literally referring to pulling back foreskin.
한남 (hannam)
“toxic Korean male / incel”
Short for 'Hanguk Namja' (Korean male), used online with a derogatory connotation implying misogyny.
닥쳐 (dakchyeo)
“shut the fuck up”
A forceful and aggressive way to tell someone to stop talking.
좆 (jot)
“fucking / cock”
Vulgar word for penis. Functionally used like 'fucking' as a prefix to intensify negatives.
좆밥 (jotbap)
“pussy / weakling / loser”
Describes someone who is extremely weak, worthless, or easily defeated.
호빠 (hoppa)
“male prostitute / gigolo”
Short for 'host bar'. Used derogatorily to refer to men who work in hostess bars selling themselves to women.
씨부랄 (ssibural)
“fucking hell / goddammit”
A rough, older variation of 'ssibal'. Sometimes analyzed as referencing testicles (bural).
썅 (ssyang)
“damn it / shit”
An exclamation of anger, a shortened/slurred version of ssangnyeon/ssangnom.
존나 (jonna)
“fucking (adverb) / hella / af”
The most common vulgar intensifier meaning 'very' or 'fucking'. Derived from '좆뱅이 나다' (jot-na).
개소리말고 (gaesorimalgo)
“cut the bullshit”
A command telling someone to skip the nonsense and get to the real point.
뒤져 (dwijyeo)
“drop dead”
From the verb 'dwijida' (to die - used only for animals or highly disrespectfully for humans).
죽여버린다 (jugyeobeorinda)
“I'll fucking kill you”
A direct death threat. The 'beorinda' suffix implies doing the action thoroughly and with no remorse.
꺼져 (kkeojyeo)
“fuck off / get lost”
A harsh command telling someone to go away immediately.