Korean slang & trends · 64

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• 눈물렌즈nunmulrenjeuTear-effect contact lensesContact lenses designed to make the eyes look as if tears have formed.
• 눈물의 303호nunmului 303hoRoom 303 and the sadness of restructuringAn expression conveying the sadness of employees of 공보처 through the room where they gathered after the agency’s dissolution.
• 눈높이 낮추기nunnopi natchugiLowering expectations to fit realityAn expression likening the adjustment of expectations for employment or starting a business to lowering one’s eye level.
• 눕코노미nupkonomiA situation where a row of economy-class airplane seats is empty, allowing someone to lie across several seats.A situation where a row of economy-class airplane seats is empty, allowing someone to lie across several seats.
• 냥덕nyangdeokSomeone who loves cats or knows a lot about them.Someone who loves cats or knows a lot about them.
• 냥무룩nyangmurukA cat’s dejected-looking appearance or expression.A cat’s dejected-looking appearance or expression.
• 냥심nyangsimAffection and care for cats.Affection and care for cats.
• 뉴 라운드nyu raundeuNew round of multilateral trade talksA term used for multilateral trade negotiations after the Uruguay Round covering new issues such as the environment, labor, competition, and technology.
• 뉴비nyubiA beginner player who has just started a game or is not yet familiar with it.A beginner player who has just started a game or is not yet familiar with it.
• 뉴디맨드 전략nyudimaendeu jeollyakA strategy seeking to create new demand even during an economic downturn.A strategy seeking to create new demand even during an economic downturn.
• 뉴어덜트족nyueodeolteujokPeople with stable financial means who actively spend on making their own lives more valuable.People with stable financial means who actively spend on making their own lives more valuable.
• 뉴진스의 하입보이요nyujinseuui haipboiyoA phrase used in a meme format answering any question with a song title and dancing: ‘NewJeans’ Hype Boy.’A phrase used in a meme format answering any question with a song title and dancing: ‘NewJeans’ Hype Boy.’
• 뉴칼라nyukalraWorkers in new roles created by digitization and automation that do not fit traditional blue-collar or white-collar categories.Workers in new roles created by digitization and automation that do not fit traditional blue-collar or white-collar categories.
• 뉴커머nyukeomeoLater-arriving settlers in Japan in the sourceIn the source, Koreans and others who married Japanese people and settled in Japan from the late 1980s onward.
• 뉴맨족nyumaenjokYoung male consumers who clearly express their own tastes and actively spend on themselves.Young male consumers who clearly express their own tastes and actively spend on themselves.
• 뉴능nyuneungA format combining news and variety entertainment to present information in an entertaining way.A format combining news and variety entertainment to present information in an entertaining way.
• 뉴트로nyuteuroRetro culture enjoyed by reinterpreting an old sensibility through contemporary tastes.Retro culture enjoyed by reinterpreting an old sensibility through contemporary tastes.
• 오버 투어리즘obeo tueorijeumExcessive tourism turning residential areas into tourist destinations and harming residents.Excessive tourism turning residential areas into tourist destinations and harming residents.
• 오버롤즈obeoroljeuBib overallsClothing with a chest-covering part attached to the trousers.
• 오분백obunbaekA luxury bag so common that one frequently sees other people carrying it.A luxury bag so common that one frequently sees other people carrying it.
• 오디오북odiobukAudiobookMaterial providing recordings of books read aloud on CDs or as digital files.
• 외밍아웃oemingautA playful term for revealing that one is an alien.A playful term for revealing that one is an alien.
• 외모 체크oemo checkAppearance checkAn upbeat catchphrase about checking how you look, such as by looking in a mirror.
• 오글 커플ogeul keopeulA couple whose displays of affection are so sweet or excessive that onlookers feel embarrassed.A couple whose displays of affection are so sweet or excessive that onlookers feel embarrassed.

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