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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries멍청이
Native Script:한국어 한글
Pronunciation / Transliteration: myeong-cheong-i
"그는 멍청이처럼 행동했다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An obnoxious, irritating, or foolish person.
"He acted like a complete horse's ass at the meeting by interrupting everyone." - 2
The literal rear end of a horse.
"The veterinarian examined the horse's ass to check for signs of illness."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from American colloquial and vulgar slang in the mid-20th century, combining the noun 'horse' with 'ass' (denoting the hindquarters). Over time, the phrase shifted semantically from a literal description of an animal's anatomy to a pejorative metaphor for an obnoxious, irritating, or foolish person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Horse's ass" is said worldwide
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imbécile
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.be.sil/
"Il s'est comporté comme un imbécile."
Vollidiot
Transliteration: /ˈfɔl.ʔi.diˌɔt/
"Er hat sich wie ein Vollidiot benommen."
cretino
Transliteration: /kreˈtiː.no/
"Si è comportato da cretino."
estúpido
Transliteration: /esˈtu.pi.ðo/
"Se comportó como un estúpido."
babaca
Transliteration: /baˈba.kɐ/
"Ele se comportou como um babaca."
मूढ़
Transliteration: moorh
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"वह एक मूर्ख की तरह व्यवहार कर रहा था।"
混蛋
Transliteration: húndàn
Script: 中文汉字
"他像个混蛋一样行事。"
멍청이
Transliteration: myeong-cheong-i
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 멍청이처럼 행동했다."
嫌なやつ
Transliteration: iyana yatsu
Script: 日本語
"彼は嫌なやつとして振る舞った。"
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