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Where does “헛코골다” come from?

헛코골다 (Korean) comes from Korean 헛 — empty, useless, ineffective; wrongly, incorrectly.

헛코골다 (Korean): to pretend to snore, to feign sleep by snoring

Definitions

  1. to pretend to snore, to feign sleep by snoring

Ancestry of “헛코골다”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean헛empty, useless, ineffective; wrongly, incorrectly
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