Glossary

• Adjumma: Korean married woman. When a woman gets married she goes through a marked change. She starts wearing colorful clothing and pushing people in the subway.
  


• Adjoshi: You can tell him by his red face. Korean man.
  


• EFL: English as a Foreign Language, as oppose to learning in a country like the USA.
  


• Gochu-jang: Red Pepper paste. Korean ketchup, it is in everything.
  


• Hagwon: Where Korea's children come to learn all manner of subjects. An afterschool learning center/babysitter.
  


• Kimchi: spicy fermented cabbage and staple food. Goes well with everything, but I will never be able to eat this for breakfast. Also curer of many ailments including SARS. Note: May cause peptic ulcers
  


• Norae-bang: Korean karaoke. It's swept the nation. Even the radio sings out of tune now!
  


• Pabo: stupid, crazy, silly, teacher, house, mountain, horse, lobotomy. Very versatile, like Joe Pantoliano.
  


• Po-shin-tang: dog meat soup. Now you know!
  


• Samgipsal: This is a type of pig meat, not unlike bacon. Sam means 3 and it is named that because it has 1, 2, 3 strips of fat on it. Tasty, but deadly.
  


• Soju:the local brew. At about 90 cents a 375ml bottle it is hard to resist. But at 22% it is not to be taken lightly. Goes great with samgipsal and red-faced Koreans. See also battery acid.
  


• Waygook: Foreigner: children will often point with wonder and yell "Waygook saram" (foreign person)
  

More to come!