Korean · South Korea
좆
jot[t͡ɕo̞t̚]
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Meaning
A vulgar word for penis; in practice it is mostly a building block for intensifiers such as 좆같다 (“fucking awful”).Machine-assisted translation
Pronunciation
- Romanization
- jot
- IPA
- [t͡ɕo̞t̚]
“jot” — unreleased final t.
How it's used
Blunter than 씨발 in register: it names a body part, so it lands as crude rather than merely angry. Rarely acceptable outside close male-peer talk.Machine-assisted translation
Cultural context
First attested in a 16th-century text as Early Modern Korean 졷; Wiktionary notes a probable cognate with Manchu coco.Machine-assisted translation
Literal meaning
penis
When to avoid it
Situations where people would rather you did not say it.
- At school — Avoid
- At work — Avoid
- On the street — Avoid
Sources
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