Korean profanity

Korean profanity

Profanity is referred to in the Korean language as 욕 ("yok", insults or swearing). Several of these words have linguistic and historical significance. Various words have different origins.

Because Korean, like Japanese, has an extensive system of grammaticalized politeness, it is possible to be insulting simply by using verb-forms that are too informal.


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