The Official Guess the Meaning of Aigoo's Username Thread

[BluCat500]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:01pm

Some of us have been reticent in revealing the meaning of our usernames *cough*Aigoo. Thus, the birth of the Offical Guess the Meaning of Aigoo's Username thread...Any guesses? ...She "purports" it not dirty, but...

[Thenardier]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:04pm

Well, it means darn....

[BluCat500]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:05pm

Wouldn't it be great if it actually meant "darn"...

[Plum]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:06pm

Something is telling me it means "oh my!" or something like that. Am I completely crazy?

[Thenardier]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:06pm

it means oh darn or oh no

[BluCat500]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:08pm

really thats no fun...way to kill the thread...I'm gonna blissfully ignore the truth and stick to the secretly obscene name theory

[Aigoo]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:10pm

Both Nard's and Plum's guesses are close. Not DEAD ON, but close. There are several ways that this can be used in context.

Updated On: 6/17/05 at 10:10 PM

[Plum]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:10pm

Woot! Years of hanging out with Koreans pays off.

[insomniak]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:11pm

Aigoo, can we have a hint? Where does the word come from?

[Thenardier]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:11pm

then you'll have to start using it in context my freind.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:14pm

"Aigoo chamnah, this is ridiculous."

(People add chamnah sometimes, it doesn't really matter. It doesn't add anything except a few syllables.)

[Plum]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:16pm

Ooh...like "good grief."

[Aigoo]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:21pm

Yep, there ya go.

I can't find an origin because it's been used for so long.

Good grief is the most common usage.

"Aigoo, neujuht ddah."

That could be "Oh, darn" (it basically means, "Oh, darn. We were late.")'


ETA: Some of my other favorite Korean terms (to freak out all my non-Korean speaking friends)


Noogah Geu(rl)etni? - Who said that?
Mwoh Hanni? - What are you doing?/What are you up to?
Ommonah... - (Used mainly by women) Oh my god.../Incredible...
Yah, nuh jeenjjah jahllatddah! - Oooo, you're so clever. [Sarcastic].

Updated On: 6/17/05 at 10:21 PM