Korean slang & trends · 98

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• 여름이었다yeoreumieotdaA sentence meme appended to a story to make it sound like an atmospheric reminiscence: ‘It was summer.’A sentence meme appended to a story to make it sound like an atmospheric reminiscence: ‘It was summer.’
• 여의도 매미yeouido maemiSomeone who worked as a fund manager at a Yeouido financial firm or similar company, then left to invest independently.Someone who worked as a fund manager at a Yeouido financial firm or similar company, then left to invest independently.
• 예스잼yeseujaemAn expression meaning that something is fun.An expression meaning that something is fun.
• 예테크yetekeuA financial strategy earning interest through deposits and similar products.A financial strategy earning interest through deposits and similar products.
• 요즘남편 없던아빠yojeumnampyeon eopdeonappaAn expression describing changing roles for husbands and fathers as partners who share housework and childcare.An expression describing changing roles for husbands and fathers as partners who share housework and childcare.
• 욜로YOLOYou only live onceAn attitude of prioritizing happiness in the present because you only live once, from the English abbreviation “YOLO.”
• 용두용미yongduyongmiPraise for a work or task that starts well and stays excellent through the end.Praise for a work or task that starts well and stays excellent through the end.
• 요리사노바yorisanobaSomeone who wins romantic interest through cooking skills.Someone who wins romantic interest through cooking skills.
• You know what he said to me?You know what he said to me?A call-and-response meme in which one person says an English line from a song and the other responds with a question.A call-and-response meme in which one person says an English line from a song and the other responds with a question.
• 유교 패치yugyo paechiA metaphor comparing learning and following Korean conventions such as age-based forms of address to patching software.A metaphor comparing learning and following Korean conventions such as age-based forms of address to patching software.
• 유지어터yujieoteoDieting aimed at maintaining one’s current weight rather than losing more.Dieting aimed at maintaining one’s current weight rather than losing more.
• 유죄 인간yujoe inganA playful term for someone whose attractive appearance, words, or actions make others’ hearts flutter.A playful term for someone whose attractive appearance, words, or actions make others’ hearts flutter.
• 육아데이yukadeiMonthly on-time childcare dayA name for the sixth day of each month promoting on-time departure from work and childcare participation by workers with young children.
• 육각형 인간yukgakhyeong inganA person considered well-rounded in many respects, such as appearance, education, wealth, and occupation.A person considered well-rounded in many respects, such as appearance, education, wealth, and occupation.
• 융단 마케팅yungdan maketingBlanket mass-media marketingA metaphor for large-scale promotion of products to a broad, unspecified audience through mass media.
• 윤정아 챌린지Yunjeonga challengeThe Yunjeong-a challengeA two-person dance skit built around calling someone's name and receiving the reply 왜요 쌤, meaning “yes, teacher?” or “what is it, teacher?”
• 유피스족yupiseujokPeople who work from any location using laptops and similar devices.People who work from any location using laptops and similar devices.
• 유리봉투yuribongtuTransparent salaried incomeA metaphor for salaried workers’ income, whose transparent salary amounts make it difficult to conceal income subject to taxation.
• 유리멘탈yurimentalA metaphor for a fragile mental state easily shaken or hurt by even a small upset.A metaphor for a fragile mental state easily shaken or hurt by even a small upset.
• 유령진동증후군yuryeongjindongjeunghugunExperience of apparent phone vibrations or ringingA figurative expression for the experience of feeling a phone’s vibration or ringtone even when it is not actually ringing.
• 유사연애yusayeonaeA fan’s feeling of intimacy or emotion toward an idol or similar figure resembling a romantic relationship, despite not actually dating.A fan’s feeling of intimacy or emotion toward an idol or similar figure resembling a romantic relationship, despite not actually dating.
• 제로클릭zero clickAnswers without clicking search resultsA phenomenon in which users click search results much less often because AI presents an answer first.
• ㅋㅋㅋㄹㅌㅅLaughter with a CORTIS referenceA fandom expression that adds the initial consonants of the group name CORTIS to the laughter marker ㅋㅋㅋ.
• ㅠㅠCrying eyesA crying emoticon made from the Korean vowel symbol ㅠ, whose shape resembles an eye with tears.

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