Korean abbreviations · 4

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• 경도gyeongdoCops and robbersShort for 경찰과 도둑, a group game in which a team of police chases a team of thieves.
• 행집욕부haengjipyokbuFocus on happiness and let go of wanting moreAn expression of self-encouragement to focus on happiness and set aside excessive desires.
• 학고hakgoAcademic warningAn abbreviation of 학사경고, meaning an academic warning.
• 학식haksikA university student cafeteriaAn abbreviation for a university's student cafeteria.
• 헬린이helliniA gym beginnerSomeone who has just started working out, especially weight training.
• 호캉스hocanceA hotel-based vacationTaking a vacation by staying at and enjoying a hotel.
• 호갱hogaengA customer easy to overchargeA customer seen as inexperienced or naive and therefore easy to take advantage of.
• 홈트home trainingHome workoutsExercising at home with guidance from online videos or a smartphone instead of going to a fitness center.
• 혼밥honbapEating aloneEating a meal by yourself.
• 혼캠honcamSolo campingGoing camping by yourself.
• 혼행honhaengSolo travelTraveling by yourself.
• 혼코노honkonoSolo coin karaokeGoing to a coin-operated karaoke room alone instead of with a group.
• 혼놀honnolEnjoying leisure on your ownSpending leisure time alone, such as playing, watching a performance, or traveling, without arranging to meet other people.
• 혼술honsulDrinking aloneDrinking alcohol by yourself.
• 혼영honyeongGoing to the movies aloneWatching a movie by yourself.
• 핫플hotpleA popular place to goA place that has become popular and attracts frequent visitors.
• 현생hyeonsaengReal-life responsibilities and routinesShort for 현실 생활, referring to everyday real life in contrast with experiences in virtual spaces.
• 현타hyeontaA sudden, deflating reality checkA moment of suddenly returning to reality from a dream or excitement and feeling empty or deflated.
• 현웃hyeonutActually laughing out loudAn expression meaning that something made you laugh in real life, beyond simply typing a laughter marker online.
• 휴덕hyudeokTaking a break from fandomTemporarily pausing fan activities without giving them up entirely.
• 일코ilkoKeeping your fandom hiddenConcealing your fan activities because you feel shy about them or do not want others to know you are an enthusiast.
• 인만추inmanchuPreferring deliberately arranged datesPreferring or actively pursuing romantic meetings set up intentionally, such as blind dates.
• 인싸inssaA socially active member of the groupSomeone who actively mixes with a group, abbreviated from 인사이더, meaning “insider.”
• 입덕ipdeokBecoming a fanBeginning to become a fan of a person or subject.

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