영포자

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Korean

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Etymology

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Contraction of 영어 포기 (英語 抛棄, yeong'eo pogija).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeongpoja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeongpoja
McCune–Reischauer?yŏngp'oja
Yale Romanization?yengphoca

Noun

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영포자 (yeongpoja) (hanja 英抛者)

  1. (neologism, slang) someone who has given up on studying English (especially in school)
    영포자라서 사람 무슨 하는 알아듣겠어.
    na-neun yeongpojaraseo geu saram-i museun mar-eul haneunji mot aradeutgesseo.
    I can't understand what the person is saying because I gave up on studying English.

See also

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