Saturday, December 16, 2006

A few of my favorite Konglish words

Because I enjoy the creativity that emerges when two languages clash, and because my English is totally fucked up already, here's a smattering of words that I will likely use (inadvertently or not) if/when I come back Stateside:

MacGuyver knife - Swiss Army knife

M-hair - male pattern baldness from the view of the forehead

Twist - to stumble while drunk

Punk tire - flat tire

Eye-shoppping - window shopping

Mustang - leather jacket

Barcode hair - a really bad combover

Dead ball - hit by pitch (baseball)

Pocket pool - Western style pool

Yoplait - yogurt

"I will kick her" - "I will break up with her"

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