Korean slang profile
ㅇㅇ
Yeah
A casual affirmative response formed by repeating the initial consonant of 응.
- Expanded form
- 응Yeah
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- May 6, 2007
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
내일 올 거지? — ㅇㅇ
You're coming tomorrow, right? — Yeah.
- Quoted from a source
`ㅇㅇ'(`응'의 줄이말)[1]
ㅇㅇ: an abbreviation of 응, meaning “yeah.”
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- May 2007Yonhap News, which delivered the Korea Information Agency's '2007 Information Culture Analysis Report', introduced 'ㅇㅇ' (short for 'yes') along with 'ㅎㅇ', 'ㄱㅅ', 'ㅈㅅ', and '헐' as a ranking expression of youth communication languages.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Repeats the initial consonant of 응, meaning “yeah.” A 2007 Yonhap News article explicitly expands it that way. Who first used it has not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The article explicitly explains the term. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 통신언어, 우리말이야? 외국어야? (연합뉴스)Published May 6, 2007Original source checked Nov 5, 2026