BEg2 chapter 13 haewoned

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Sat Jan 15 09:37:49 UTC 2022


“Then she’s out in the street and everybody is scattering, the Korean tour
bus has shown up and the driver and hostesses are in a lively screamfest
with their haewoned passengers….”

(Earlier we learned they had wandered off from their tour bus, so now they
are reunited)

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=haewon&=true

verb: to haewon

To misdirect, mislead or otherwise confuse.

Originally from Korean slang meaning "to lead astray".
"I'm gonna haewon this sucker right here!"

"Shit, where are we?"
"No idea - we must have been haewoned."

"Did you get there alright?"
“Nah mate, we got haewoned."


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