Korean slang profile
ㅈㅅ
Sorry
A casual apology written with the initial consonants of 죄송.
- Expanded form
- 죄송Sorry
- 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
답장이 늦었네. ㅈㅅ.
Sorry for the late reply.
- Quoted from a source
`ㅈㅅ'(`죄송', `죄송합니다'의 줄임말)[1]
ㅈㅅ: an abbreviation of 죄송 or 죄송합니다, meaning “sorry.”
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- May 2007Yonhap News, which delivered the Korea Information Agency's ‘2007 Information Culture Analysis Report’, introduced ‘ㅈㅅ’ (short for ‘sorry’, ‘sorry’) as a ranking expression of youth communication language.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The initial consonants of 죄송, an apology. A 2007 Yonhap News article explicitly expands it as 죄송 or 죄송합니다. 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