Weird Korean Expression: 네 똥 굵다 (Your Poop Is Thick)

If you're studying Korean, you will undoubtedly come across a lot of idioms and expressions that are related to poop. It might seem primitive, but it gets the message across. Take a look at this one:

[Korean] 네 똥 굵다.
[Romanization] Ne (or ni) ddong gukda.
[Meaning] Your poop is thick. Literally.

This expression is a very sarcastic way of "complimenting" someone.

Like when someone is bragging about something and it's really annoying and you just want to shut them up, you can say "그래, 네 똥 굵다" to mean "good for you" and if that person is sensible and smart enough they'll know to stop talking.

Or when you're in an argument and you're clearly losing and the other person is super logical and relentless and you can't think of a good comeback, you can say "네 똥 굵다" to mean (sarcastically) "wow you genius, lucky you're so smart."

Make sense?

Heaven knows how this expression came about. Maybe it's because back in the day, nice thick poop was an indicator of wealth (because you need to eat well to poop well), but then poop isn't exactly something to brag about, so people use it to acknowledge something that's superior but in a very contemptuous kind of way.

I guess we'll never really know.

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