Korean slang & trends · 26

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• 걸코어geolkoeoA fashion style using bows, frills, lace, florals, and other details that emphasize a girlish aesthetic.A fashion style using bows, frills, lace, florals, and other details that emphasize a girlish aesthetic.
• 걸리시 마케팅geolrisi maketingMarketing to teenage girlsMarketing that mainly promotes products to teenage girls.
• 거미손geomisonSkilled volleyball blocker or basketball rebounderIn the source, a metaphor for an athlete good at volleyball blocking or basketball rebounding.
• 검지족geomjijokIndex-finger phone usersPeople who use their index finger to operate a mobile phone for texting, gaming, and similar activities.
• 건강 가전geongang gajeonHealth-oriented home appliancesA collective term for appliances emphasizing functions that support healthy living, such as water purifiers and air cleaners.
• 건강지능geongang jineungProactive, informed health managementThe ability and attitude to manage one's health proactively and comprehensively while considering scientific evidence.
• 거품론geopumronView that something is a bubbleThe view that an apparent value or phenomenon is inflated beyond its actual substance.
• 거르주아georeujuaA playful term for people trying to feel rich at heart while spending little and saving money.A playful term for people trying to feel rich at heart while spending little and saving money.
• 거울폰geoulponMirror phoneA mobile phone whose reflective outer window also serves as a mirror.
• 게릴라식gerilrasikIrregular, unpredictable methodA metaphor for a method difficult to predict because it proceeds without fixed rules.
• 겟꿀러getkkulreoSomeone actively seeking products or services that suit their tastes to increase consumer satisfaction.Someone actively seeking products or services that suit their tastes to increase consumer satisfaction.
• 그 잡채geu japchaeA similar-sounding alteration of ‘그 자체’ (itself), emphasizing the preceding description.A similar-sounding alteration of ‘그 자체’ (itself), emphasizing the preceding description.
• 그 폰은 바다에 버려요geu poneun badae beoryeoyoA line from ‘헤어질 결심’ (Decision to Leave), also adapted by replacing its object with something else: ‘Throw that phone into the sea.’A line from ‘헤어질 결심’ (Decision to Leave), also adapted by replacing its object with something else: ‘Throw that phone into the sea.’
• 극호감geukhogamAn expression of very favorable feelings toward someone or something.An expression of very favorable feelings toward someone or something.
• 글로벌쇼핑족geulrobeolsyopingjokPeople traveling abroad mainly to shopPeople who travel abroad mainly to shop.
• 금벼락geumbyeorakA shower of gold medalsA figurative expression for winning many gold medals at once in competitions or multiple events.
• 금대리geumdaeriA gold metaphor for scarce, prized assistant-manager-level staff, especially in construction.A gold metaphor for scarce, prized assistant-manager-level staff, especially in construction.
• 금둥이geumdungiA dearly cherished childA child cherished as precious as gold.
• 금전두엽geumjeonduyeopA figurative term for excellent thinking and judgment.A figurative term for excellent thinking and judgment.
• 금리 노마드족geumri nomadeujokPeople who move between financial products in search of higher interest rates.People who move between financial products in search of higher interest rates.
• 금스크geumseukeuA figurative name for masks that have become as precious as gold because they are hard to find or expensive.A figurative name for masks that have become as precious as gold because they are hard to find or expensive.
• 금손geumsonA figurative term for someone exceptionally skilled at crafts or making things.A figurative term for someone exceptionally skilled at crafts or making things.
• 금수저geumsujeoBorn with advantagesA metaphor for a person or group whose wealthy parents give them an advantage in a competitive society.
• 금턴geumteonAn internship with good conditions believed to require connections or a privileged background.An internship with good conditions believed to require connections or a privileged background.

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