In today’s news item a reporter explores Elon Musk’s shifting position on Bitcoin. This piece is interesting for the different phrases the reporter uses to describe Musk’s flip-flopping.


Vocabulary list (cryptocurrency):

  • 가상화폐 - (n) cryptocurrency
  • 코인 채굴 - (n) crypto mining
  • 환경 문제 - (n) environmental problem
  • 환경을 오염시키다 - to pollute the environment
  • 화석 연료 - (n) fossil fuel
  • 탄소 배출 - (n) carbon emissions

Vocabulary list (shocking or erratic behavior)

  • 폭탄선언 - (n) bombshell announcement
  • 광풍을 주도하다 - to lead a wild frenzy
  • 이랬다저랬다 하다 - to take one position and then another, to go this way and then that way
  • (former statement)더니 뒤집은 것입니다 - (He said one thing) and now he’s flipped