Korean slang profile

ㅊㅊ

Recommended

A chat abbreviation used to indicate a recommendation.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
ㅊㅊ 이 노래 진짜 좋더라.
Recommended—this song is really good.
Quoted from a source
그 외에도 채팅용어로 ‘ㅈㅈ’(Good Game=게임 등을 포기한다, 수고했다), ‘ㅊㅊ’(추천), ‘ㅇㅈ’(인정), ‘ㅇㄱㄹㅇ’(이거리얼=사실이다), ‘ㅂㅂㅂㄱ’(반박불가) 등이 있다.[2]
In addition, chat terms include ‘ㅈㅈ’ (Good Game = giving up on games, good work), ‘ㅊㅊ’ (recommendation), ‘ㅇㅈ’ (recognition), ‘ㅇㄱㄹㅇ’ (this is true), and ‘ㅂㅂ ㅂㄱ’ (impossible to refute).
English translation by Julimmal.

November 2016Chosun Biz: “The comments are full of new words related to recommendations, such as Pyeongta (meaning it’s okay), ㅊㅊ (taking the initial consonants of recommendation), and Strongly Recommended (meaning it’s very strongly recommended).”[1]
March 2017In addition, chat terms include ‘ㅈㅈ’ (Good Game = giving up on games, good work), ‘ㅊㅊ’ (recommendation), ‘ㅇㅈ’ (recognition), ‘ㅇㄱㄹㅇ’ (this is true), and ‘ㅂㅂ ㅂㄱ’ (impossible to refute).[2]

Short for “추천.” The 2017 source from Newspim explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationHigh

The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.

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