i’m calling you a freaking GOOK SLANT to your face.
How’s that?
I was a Korean Linguist in the Air Force. Our instructor, a Korean-born American Citizen told us one day how we got the word Gook for Korean.
The Korean word for America is Mi Gook (pronounced megook). You know the tire brand? Hankook? It's a variation on HanGook, which is the Korean word for Korea. Some genius just thought the Kook would sell better than Gook.
Anyway, when the first American troops were arriving to help the south in the Korean War, a bunch of Koreans would meet the planes yelling "Megook! Megook!" (Americans!, Americans!). So, the GIs being GIs basically said, Okay, you're gooks.
His story. Not mine.
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