AHC: make a verb out of "Korea"

Historically, both Japan, China and even Shanghai had uses as verbs or nouns other than their original meanings:

Japan. verb ( japans, japanning , japanned ) [ with obj. ]
cover (something) with a hard black varnish: (as adj. japanned) : a japanned tin tray. (I just read this word in East of Eden, hence the question)

China. noun
a fine white or translucent vitrified ceramic material: a plate made of china | [ as modifier ] : a china cup. Also called porcelain.

Shanghai. verb ( shanghais , shanghaiing |-ˌhī-iNG|, shanghaied |-ˌhīd| ) [ with obj. ] historical
force (someone) to join a ship lacking a full crew by drugging them or using other underhanded means.

With a POD in 1800, make Korea(Corea is an acceptable variant) be used as an everyday verb in whatever meaning. :D
 
Korea'd: slowly having your original self, persona, etc. disappear. A reference to the forced Nipponization of Korea.
 

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Korea, ti have two very different sides to your personality - nice and caring on one hand and nasty on the other
 
Maybe something about going hermit and locking yourself away from the world?
Works for both Korean history and it's modern gamers :p

Korea'd: slowly having your original self, persona, etc. disappear. A reference to the forced Nipponization of Korea.

.... Except the general rule of Japanese Korea was completely the opposite. Koreans were actively banned from trying to pass themselves off as Japanese.
 
I'm gonna korea you when I catch you.

Awww F**** you man come over here so I can Korea you !

Man, when your mom fimds out you skipped school she's gonna korea you.

Verb referring to North Korea's idle threat making and belligerent attitude
can be used to denote a number of things such as comical violence and unserious threats mainly used for comedic purposes.
 
Ijn the fencing world Korea is a verb, it was created by a group of fencers from LAIFC when they were training in Korea.

But for a Korean War word.

He was so close and then I got koreaed, I have the worst luck.

Korea-to get screwed over
 
.... Except the general rule of Japanese Korea was completely the opposite. Koreans were actively banned from trying to pass themselves off as Japanese.

There was both; there was definitely a strong element of racial segregation (frex, even after the Soshi-kaimei decree, I recall once reading that Korean identity papers would list both Koreans' new Japanese names and their old Korean names, lest somebody mistake them for newly made Japanese), while Koreans were not conscripted directly into the Japanese military, only as prison guards and laborers. During the early part of Japanese rule, notices and circulars would be published in both Japanese and Korean, later in the 30s, Hangul would be banned, but in any case, Japanese education often failed to provide the vast majority of Koreans with literacy in either Japanese or Korean.

Having said all that, there were attempts, especially towards the latter part of Japanese rule, to actively assimilate Koreans into Japan, or at least, to mold them into loyal subjects of the Emperor. There was, as with most policies, no uniform base of support for either, you had quite a lot of politicians who believed Koreans would eventually become as Japanese as someone from the Home Islands, quite a lot of others who believed likewise that Korea would always have to be ruled differently from Japan proper, and also some who genuinely believed the shtick about Greater East Asian brotherhood, with some nominal respect for other Asian cultures. But more to the point, from the very start of Japanese rule, and in some incidents, before, there were active attempts to "Japanize Korea (as in, the country itself, not the people)," such as through attempts to rewrite Korean history to present Japan in a more favorable light, and also deface historical architecture in attempts to make them look more Japanese (in one notorious incident, for example, an old palace in Seoul had large golden horns added to it in order to make it look more Japanese), and in some cases, even moved some historical monuments several hundred miles when their placement proved to be moderately inconvenient. Plus, the Japanese also believed obviously that they were there to stay in Korea, and built a great many Shinto temples in Korea (most of which were demolished after WWII), including on top of some Korean sacred sites, and settled many Japanese in Korea as well. Most of this was viewed then and now as part of a Japanese effort to "Japanize" Korea, much as France had attempted to "Francizize" Algeria.
 
Ijn the fencing world Korea is a verb, it was created by a group of fencers from LAIFC when they were training in Korea.

But for a Korean War word.

He was so close and then I got koreaed, I have the worst luck.

Korea-to get screwed over

Wait. Did this actually happen? D:
 
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