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Word: arirang (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gathering places across the U.S. they recognize each other when they hear such terms as "bahli-bahli" ("hurry up"), or "no sweat." Their password is a mangled version of Arirang, the Korean folksong taught them on a quiet night by ROK soldiers in the bunkers. The badge of their fraternity is the fatalism by which they say, when things go wrong: "That's the way the ball bounces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: How the Ball Bounced | 8/3/1953 | See Source »

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