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Originally Posted by WAV 80
Well, I'm not Korean, but my social studies teacher said that oppa means older brother (or something like that), and Gangnam is a district from Seoul. He said that Gangnam is a rich district, and maybe what Oppa Gangnam Style meant was your older brother has rich or sophisticated style, maybe. 
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It's OppaN, actually, which means "father" or basically "an older authority figure". Combined with Gangnam it's basically an equivalent of "do it big" or "do it flashy" with rich style, etc etc.
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Originally Posted by Connector
Man, for some reason seeing Psy a lot on American TV, I was watching Extra or ET yesterday, and he was on it, then saw him on TMZ. It's funny that he looks like a clown in his videos, but in real life, he speaks English so well and seems more macho.
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Yeah he actually went to school at Boston, so his English is pretty much native.