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squeeeb · 06-24-2009, 05:07 PM

not trying to derail or hijack, this is just an interesting (to me) aside, brought on by tisonlyi's list of derogatory terms (and you forgot dinks for vietnamese and skinnys for somalis)....

the term Gook, derogatory term for a korean. its origin?

gook in korean means country. (it also can mean soup) the korean word for china is Choong kook - middle country (choong = middle). the word for korea is han gook - one country (han = one) and the term for america is mi (pronounced "me") gook - beautiful country (mi = beautiful)

so, supposedly.... during the korean war, they heard the americans (the mi gooks) were coming. when Joe landed on shore, the koreans rushed down to greet them, saying " MI GOOK? MI GOOK?" (american? american?) and the americans, international suave motherfuckers that we are, said "ok, you're a gook"

i don't know if that's true, but seriously, i heard that's where it came from.

and now back to the discussion.

06-24-2009, 05:07 PM	#39 (permalink)
squeeeb part of the problem Location: hic et ubique	not trying to derail or hijack, this is just an interesting (to me) aside, brought on by tisonlyi's list of derogatory terms (and you forgot dinks for vietnamese and skinnys for somalis).... the term Gook, derogatory term for a korean. its origin? gook in korean means country. (it also can mean soup) the korean word for china is Choong kook - middle country (choong = middle). the word for korea is han gook - one country (han = one) and the term for america is mi (pronounced "me") gook - beautiful country (mi = beautiful) so, supposedly.... during the korean war, they heard the americans (the mi gooks) were coming. when Joe landed on shore, the koreans rushed down to greet them, saying " MI GOOK? MI GOOK?" (american? american?) and the americans, international suave motherfuckers that we are, said "ok, you're a gook" i don't know if that's true, but seriously, i heard that's where it came from. and now back to the discussion. __________________ onward to mayhem! Last edited by squeeeb; 06-24-2009 at 05:10 PM..