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Piper Chapman

Actress Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman in "Orange is the New Black."

‘Orange is the New Black’ said we did a story on the Korean word ‘kibun,’ so now we did

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“Orange is the New Black” name checked The World when one of the main characters, Piper, explained the meaning of the Korean word kibun, in an argument. We actually hadn’t done a story about that word — until now.

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