köken: Phrase consisting of 木偶 (deku, “wooden puppet”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 坊 (bō, term of endearment). The deku portion is of unknown origin and may have arisen as a standalone term later than as a part of a compound. Theories include: * Alteration from 出狂坊／出来坊 (dekurubō), used synonymously, in turn from 出狂坊 (dekuruibō), literally "little one who has gone mad". * From 手 (te, “hand”) + 傀儡…
köken: First attested in James Scarth Gale's Korean-English Dictionary, 1897. The etymology is unclear. The second element is clearly the derogatory agentive suffix -보 (-bo) (cf. 먹— (meok-, “to eat”) > 먹보 (meokbo, “glutton”)), but the first element is uncertain. Two hypotheses have been suggested (Cho Hang-beom 2019, pp. 161—164): * Dropping of the final consonant in 밥 (bap, “rice; food”), with the…
그리고 미국인들은 말합니다. "아, 그는 멍청이야. 그는 전 호텔 매니저였고, 그의 교회에는 36명의 교인이 있어." — Ve Amerikalılar'a göre "Ah, mankafanın teki, eski bir otel müdürü; kilisesinde üç düzine insanı var."
А американците казват: "О, той е пълен идиот. Бивш мениджър на хотел. — Ve Amerikalılar'a göre "Ah, mankafanın teki, eski bir otel müdürü; kilisesinde üç düzine insanı var."
A Američania na to: "Ale, on je hlupák. On je bývalý riaditeľ hotelu; má tri tucty členov kostola." — Ve Amerikalılar'a göre "Ah, mankafanın teki, eski bir otel müdürü; kilisesinde üç düzine insanı var."
köken: A dialectal word, without attestation in Old and Middle Armenian literature. Perhaps of the same origin as Old Armenian դանդաղ (dandał, “slow”) and dialectal Armenian դանդան (dandan, “stupid”).