

In Korea, ice cream bars were called "Hard," ever since the ice cream was introduced as the society was westernized. During the Japanese occupation and shortly after, the old generation used to call it "Ice keki" (Keki is a Japanese way of calling cake, which means Japanese addressed ice creams as ice cake). However, the word "ice keki." is rarly being used in the modern days in Korea. Whining because tongue stuck to a fresh opened "hard" is the memory that all Korean children share as a child.
External HDD that looks like a "Hard"
The word, "hard" has two meanings in Korea. It first meaning is ice cream bar, as mentioned above; the second meaning is the hard disk drive. Hense, the Koreans would ask each other, "How big is your hard?" when asking for the PC's HDD capacity. Even the professionals talk like this. For the portable HDD, the Koreans usually call it, "external hard.: Mint Hard DD, or the Mint Hard is a hard disk drive that looks like a "hard" (ice cream bar).
Via: Hiddengarments.cn

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