Korean slang & trends · 91
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- 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.
- 트윈슈머teuwinsyumeoConsumer guided by online user reviewsA consumer who consults other people’s online reviews when buying goods or services.
- 트윗보터teuwitboteoA voter who uses Twitter and participates in elections and voting.A voter who uses Twitter and participates in elections and voting.
- 티처보이ticheoboiA student who depends on academy instructors or private tutors and has trouble studying alone.A student who depends on academy instructors or private tutors and has trouble studying alone.
- 티저광고tijeogwanggoTeaser advertisingAdvertising deliberately withholding detailed information about a product or service to arouse curiosity.
- 티키타카tikitakaA state of conversation flowing smoothly because people’s words and reactions fit well together.A state of conversation flowing smoothly because people’s words and reactions fit well together.
- 팁 피로tip piroConsumers’ burden and fatigue from growing or higher tipping requests.Consumers’ burden and fatigue from growing or higher tipping requests.
- 팁 소름tip soreumAn expression used for the continually increasing burden of tips. The source article pairs it with English ‘creep’.An expression used for the continually increasing burden of tips. The source article pairs it with English ‘creep’.
- 팁플레이션tippeulleisyeonRising amounts or percentages requested as tips.Rising amounts or percentages requested as tips.
- 티라미수 케이크 챌린지tiramisu keikeu chaellinjiA dance activity drawing circles with the arms and lightly swinging the legs to 티라미수 케이크.A dance activity drawing circles with the arms and lightly swinging the legs to 티라미수 케이크.
- 티슈인턴tisyuinteonAn intern whose contract ends without conversion to regular employment, likened to a disposable tissue.An intern whose contract ends without conversion to regular employment, likened to a disposable tissue.
- 티텐더titendeoSomeone who takes orders and prepares tea at a café or similar place.Someone who takes orders and prepares tea at a café or similar place.
- T커머스tkeomeoseuCommerce through interactive televisionElectronic commerce in which products are ordered and traded using interactive television.
- 퇴출toechulCrisis-era business and job exitsA word widely used during the foreign-exchange crisis for being pushed out of or removed from a company or workplace.
- 퇴직 크레바스toejik keurebaseuThe period without income between retirement and receiving a pension, likened to a deep crevasse.The period without income between retirement and receiving a pension, likened to a deep crevasse.
- 퇴사할게여toesahalgeyeoThe name of Soyeon’s song expressing workers’ feelings of wanting to quit, and the short-video challenge using it.The name of Soyeon’s song expressing workers’ feelings of wanting to quit, and the short-video challenge using it.
- 퇴튜던트toetyudeonteuAn office worker who studies after work.An office worker who studies after work.
- 토이카메라toikameraA small toy-like cameraA small, toy-like camera using components such as a plastic lens.
- 토크 콘서트tokeu konseoteuA concert with conversationA concert combining musical performances and conversation to connect performers with the audience.
- 토끼굴 효과tokkigul hyogwaBecoming progressively absorbed in a particular topic or more sensational content by following online recommendations.Becoming progressively absorbed in a particular topic or more sensational content by following online recommendations.
- 토막 여행tomak yeohaengShort trip nearbyA short trip to a nearby place when taking a long vacation is difficult.
- 토마토 걸tomato geolA style inspired by relaxed Mediterranean life and natural colors such as tomato red.A style inspired by relaxed Mediterranean life and natural colors such as tomato red.
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