Korean slang, explained in English · 163
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- 템플스테이tempeulseuteiA stay experiencing temple lifeA program or activity staying at a temple and experiencing temple life.
- 테니스코어teniseukoeoA style using tennis-clothing designs, such as polo shirts and pleated skirts, in everyday outfits.A style using tennis-clothing designs, such as polo shirts and pleated skirts, in everyday outfits.
- 턱스크teokseukeuWearing a mask on the chin without covering the nose and mouth.Wearing a mask on the chin without covering the nose and mouth.
- 털기춤teolgichumWhole-body shaking danceA dance with movements that look like shaking out the whole body.
- 테린이teriniA beginner who has just started learning tennis.A beginner who has just started learning tennis.
- 트친teuchinA friend or acquaintance one interacts with on Twitter.A friend or acquaintance one interacts with on Twitter.
- 특촬물teukchwalmulSpecial-effects live-action workShort for a visual work combining live actors with special-effects filming.
- 특화 생존teukhwa saengjonA consumer and management trend asserting that competitive survival requires focusing on a specific customer group’s needs rather than products that are acceptable to everyone.A consumer and management trend asserting that competitive survival requires focusing on a specific customer group’s needs rather than products that are acceptable to everyone.
- 특목대teukmokdaeSpecial-purpose universityShort for a university established for a special purpose, such as training particular talent.
- 특목고teukmokgoSpecial-purpose high schoolA shortened name for 특수 목적 고등학교, operated for education with a particular special purpose.
- 특판teukpanSpecial promotional saleA shortened term for special selling intended to promote or distribute a particular product.
- 특수teuksuSpecial investigationShort for special investigation.
- 트민남teuminnamSomeone who takes an interest in new trends in fashion, food, culture, technology, and other areas and quickly tries them.Someone who takes an interest in new trends in fashion, food, culture, technology, and other areas and quickly tries them.
- 틈새 고객teumsae gogaekNiche customersA small consumer group with particular consumption preferences or tendencies.
- 틈새족teumsaejokPeople who use gaps in their schedulePeople who efficiently use brief or awkward gaps between tasks.
- 트래드와이프teuraedeuwaipeuA traditional image of a wife devoted to childcare and housework while supporting her spouse.A traditional image of a wife devoted to childcare and housework while supporting her spouse.
- 트랜스포타이징teuraenseupotaijingAdvertising focused on consumers who use public transportation such as buses or subways.Advertising focused on consumers who use public transportation such as buses or subways.
- 트래시 태그teuraesi taegeuPosting before-and-after cleanup photos on social media, or the tag attached to those photos.Posting before-and-after cleanup photos on social media, or the tag attached to those photos.
- 트러킹teureokingGroup travel in a camping-adapted truckA group trip undertaken in a truck modified for camping.
- 트렁크족teureongkeujokTravelers with prepacked car trunksPeople who travel after packing needed items in their car trunk beforehand.
- 트리토노믹스teuritonomikseuA tendency to spend on small, tangible treats for oneself while reducing or postponing large expenses.A tendency to spend on small, tangible treats for oneself while reducing or postponing large expenses.
- 트롤링teurollingDeliberately disrupting and provoking others online to anger them or elicit reactions.Deliberately disrupting and provoking others online to anger them or elicit reactions.
- 트윅스터족teuwikseuteojokAdults who continue to live financially dependent on their parents.Adults who continue to live financially dependent on their parents.
- 트위노믹스teuwinomikseuConsumption or economic activity related to twins.Consumption or economic activity related to twins.
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