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썰렁하다
썰렁하다 literally means chilly or bleak. Applied to a joke it means the humour landed so badly the atmosphere went cold. A person who tells such jokes is 썰렁한 사람. This is the single most useful word in the deck for reading a Korean room.
Examples in context
방금 그 농담 좀 썰렁했어요.
That joke just now fell a bit flat.
분위기가 갑자기 썰렁해졌어요.
The mood suddenly went cold.
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