노답 (nodap)
NOH-dapnoun, adjectiveInformal
A Korean slang term. Browse all Korean slang.
What it means
Hopeless; beyond fixing. Of a situation with no way out, or a person who will not be reasoned with.
Literally: No answer.
Examples with translations
이 상황 진짜 노답이다.
There is genuinely no way out of this.
쟤는 답이 없어.
He's a lost cause.
Note: 답이 없다 is the unabbreviated form, and is what you would say out loud.
Where it comes from
English 'no' plus 답 ('answer'), on the model of 노잼. The image is of an exam question with no correct option.
Other forms
- Romanised as:
- nodap