영포자

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Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

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