Korean slang, explained in English · 88
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- 케이블 세대keibeul sedaeGeneration oriented toward cable mediaA term for a generation encountering audiovisual media such as cable television more than books or newspapers.
- 케이보드keibodeuA board with a scooter-like handlebarExercise equipment consisting of a riding board fitted with a handlebar like a kick scooter.
- 케이크플레이션keikeupeulleisyeonRising cake prices.Rising cake prices.
- 케이티엑스 통근족keitiekseu tonggeunjokKTX commutersPeople who commute on the KTX high-speed train.
- 케이티엑스풀족keitiekseupuljokJob seekers who travel together on KTX trains from regional areas to Seoul for job interviews and similar purposes.Job seekers who travel together on KTX trains from regional areas to Seoul for job interviews and similar purposes.
- 케꾸kekkuDecorating a cake to one’s own taste.Decorating a cake to one’s own taste.
- 커브레족keobeurejokPeople who make enjoying coffee and bread together part of their consumption and lifestyle.People who make enjoying coffee and bread together part of their consumption and lifestyle.
- 커즈맘keojeumamA “mom-like” English-learning helperA mother metaphor for a native-English-speaking friend who actively helps someone learning English.
- 커캠족keokaemjokCouples who enjoy camping together.Couples who enjoy camping together.
- 컬처세터keolcheoseteoSomeone who creates and leads new culture.Someone who creates and leads new culture.
- 컬러홀릭keolreoholrikIntense interest in colorsA tendency to take a very strong interest in colors and the atmosphere or individuality they create.
- 컬러링keolreoringA service that replaces the sound a caller hears while waiting to connect with music or a sound effect, or that sound itself.A service that replaces the sound a caller hears while waiting to connect with music or a sound effect, or that sound itself.
- 커마keomaThe feature or process of customizing a game character’s appearance and similar traits.The feature or process of customizing a game character’s appearance and similar traits.
- 컴도사keomdosaComputer expertA metaphor for someone with extensive specialist knowledge of computers.
- 컴맨keommaenComputer enthusiast or professionalA term for someone who enjoys using computers or works professionally in the computer industry.
- 컴퍼데미keompeodemiCompany encouraging employee learningA term formerly used for a company that encourages employees’ learning and self-development.
- 컴퓨터 마인드keompyuteo maindeuInformation-age mindsetAn information-age way of thinking that actively uses information and knowledge and seeks new possibilities.
- 컴팅keomtingMeeting through computer communicationsMaking friends or meeting people through computer communications.
- 커뮤니티 가드너keomyuniti gadeuneoOnline community service plannerA person planning and managing services to keep an online community active.
- 컨벤션 산업keonbensyeon saneopConvention industryAn industry earning revenue by attracting and operating international conferences or large events.
- 커넥티즌keonektijeunSomeone who handles many parts of daily life, including work and leisure, through a mobile phone’s internet connection.Someone who handles many parts of daily life, including work and leisure, through a mobile phone’s internet connection.
- 컨셉친keonseppchinA tendency to connect through enjoying content with the same concept or fictional universe, or a friend in such a relationship.A tendency to connect through enjoying content with the same concept or fictional universe, or a friend in such a relationship.
- 컨슈머토피아keonsyumeotopiaAn economic system where consumer demands determine market conditions and operations.An economic system where consumer demands determine market conditions and operations.
- 컨슈니어keonsyunieoA consumer who carefully examines a product’s ingredients and quality with near-expert knowledge.A consumer who carefully examines a product’s ingredients and quality with near-expert knowledge.
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