Korean slang & trends · 31

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• 고시 과외gosi gwaoeInformal coaching by exam passersReceiving informal guidance from someone who has passed a major qualifying exam to help pass it oneself.
• 고티gotiGoateeA popular expression of the time for a beard grown long below the chin like a goat’s.
• 고양이 독립goyangi dokripMoving out to live with a catMoving out of one’s family home to live separately with a cat.
• 고양이 그림자goyangi geurimjaA pose challenge in which people use their elbows and fingers to form cat ears and whiskers and photograph the shadow.A pose challenge in which people use their elbows and fingers to form cat ears and whiskers and photograph the shadow.
• 그린그린green greenA playful sign of approvalAn expression for something good or appealing, paired with 레드레드 to indicate likes and dislikes.
• 구독경제gudok gyeongjeThe subscription economyEconomic activity in which people pay a recurring fee to receive products or services.
• 구글하다gugeulhadaTo google somethingA verb derived from Google’s name meaning to look for needed information online.
• 구글스토킹gugeulseutokingSearching online for news of old acquaintancesSearching online to find out what former acquaintances are doing.
• 구골gugolGoogolThe name of the number ten to the hundredth power.
• 구구데이gugudeiSeptember 9 Chicken DaySeptember 9 as a day promoting chicken consumption, linking the date to the chicken sound 구구.
• 구구족gugujokAn expression for a group of consumers who keep buying things again and again.An expression for a group of consumers who keep buying things again and again.
• 구경제gugyeongjeOld economyEarlier economic methods or established business activities contrasted with the new internet-centered economy.
• 구이데이guideiSeptember 2 Grilling DaySeptember 2 as a day to grill meat, linking “92” to 구이, meaning grilled food.
• 구제금융gujegeumyungFinancial bailout supportFinancial support such as lending money or postponing repayment to prevent troubled businesses or others from going bankrupt.
• 구찌 챌린지gujji chaellinjiA social-media challenge dancing to the song ‘Gucci Boy’.A social-media challenge dancing to the song ‘Gucci Boy’.
• 구조조정gujojojeongRestructuringChanging the business and organizational structure of an industry or company to improve competitiveness and efficiency.
• 국가픽gukgapikA fandom-style expression for being selected or called upon by the state.A fandom-style expression for being selected or called upon by the state.
• 굴뚝 산업gulttuk saneopPhysical-goods manufacturing industriesA chimney metaphor for manufacturing and other industries producing physical goods.
• 굴뚝주gulttukjuManufacturing-company sharesShares in manufacturing companies and others producing physical goods.
• 구매여행족gumaeyeohaengjokTraveling shopping consumersConsumers who travel even to other countries to buy products they like.
• 군대끈gundaekkeunMilitary experienceA figurative expression for experience built up in the military.
• 궁전으로 갈 수도 있어gungjeoneuro gal sudo isseoAn expression for feeling extremely good or reaching the height of enjoyment. It borrows a song lyric as an everyday reaction.An expression for feeling extremely good or reaching the height of enjoyment. It borrows a song lyric as an everyday reaction.
• 궁케팅gungketingIntensely competing to book tickets for palace experience events and similar occasions.Intensely competing to book tickets for palace experience events and similar occasions.
• 국룰gungnulA familiar choice or behavior that many people take for granted, likened to a rule.A familiar choice or behavior that many people take for granted, likened to a rule.

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