Korean slang, explained in English · 128
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- 프로 통학러peuro tonghakreoA student with a long journey between home and school.A student with a long journey between home and school.
- 프로 야근러peuro yageunreoA joking term for an office worker who often works late.A joking term for an office worker who often works late.
- 프로불참러peurobulchamreoA joking term for someone who skips many gatherings or events.A joking term for someone who skips many gatherings or events.
- 프로에이징peuroeijingAn attitude of accepting age-related changes naturally and seeking to live healthily.An attitude of accepting age-related changes naturally and seeking to live healthily.
- 프로사랑꾼peurosarangkkunAn emphatic term for someone who actively and skillfully expresses love for another person.An emphatic term for someone who actively and skillfully expresses love for another person.
- 프로슈머peurosyumeoA consumer who participates in both production and consumption.A consumer who participates in both production and consumption.
- 프로틴플레이션peurotinpeulleisyeonRising prices of protein-rich foods such as meat.Rising prices of protein-rich foods such as meat.
- 프로튜어peurotyueoPerson earning income from a hobbyA person who earns income through a hobby without formal qualifications or professional training.
- 프루브족peurubeujokConsumers seeking uncommon brandsA term formerly used for consumers who express their personal tastes by seeking rare brands uncommon in Korea.
- 프사peusaA profile pictureThe profile photo displayed beside someone's name in a smartphone messaging app.
- 프셀peuselAn event selling stock or samples cheaply to media workers and others for promotional purposes.An event selling stock or samples cheaply to media workers and others for promotional purposes.
- 프티성형peutiseonghyeongA cosmetic procedure performed in a relatively short time using injections or similar methods.A cosmetic procedure performed in a relatively short time using injections or similar methods.
- PFIpfiPrivate finance for public facilitiesAn abbreviation for a policy method using private funds and capabilities to provide public facilities and services required by government.
- 폰테크phone techMaking money from phone resaleBuying a phone cheaply through subsidies or similar offers and reselling it for more to keep the difference.
- PIpiInternet user’s personal identityAn English abbreviation referring, in the checked material of the time, to individual internet users’ character and personality.
- 피앤티아르piaentiareuPermanent normal trade relations for ChinaAn abbreviation of the time for the U.S. measure granting China permanent normal trade relations rather than renewing them annually.
- 피디에이pidieiPortable personal digital assistantAn abbreviation for a portable personal information terminal that stores or processes information.
- 피딩족pidingjokGrandparents with financial means and energy who enjoy and devote themselves to caring for grandchildren.Grandparents with financial means and energy who enjoy and devote themselves to caring for grandchildren.
- 피엠아이piemaiWanting more information, unlike TMI, which means excessive or unnecessary information.Wanting more information, unlike TMI, which means excessive or unnecessary information.
- 피엠시piemsiPrivate military goods-and-services providerAn English abbreviation for a private military company supplying goods or services to armed forces.
- 피정재pijeongjaeA medical abbreviation grouping dermatology, psychiatry, and rehabilitation medicine.A medical abbreviation grouping dermatology, psychiatry, and rehabilitation medicine.
- 피짓 스피너pijit seupineoA small spinning toy played with by rotating it with one's fingers.A small spinning toy played with by rotating it with one's fingers.
- 피캉스족pikangseujokPeople who spend their summer vacation receiving skincare at dermatology clinics.People who spend their summer vacation receiving skincare at dermatology clinics.
- 피켓팅piketingAn exaggerated term for intensely competitive ticket booking in which tickets are hard to obtain.An exaggerated term for intensely competitive ticket booking in which tickets are hard to obtain.
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