Korean slang profile
앤시앤디
aensiaendi
Neither confirm nor deny
An English abbreviation for neither confirming nor denying in response to a question.
- Expanded form
- Neither Confirm Nor DenyNeither Confirm Nor Deny
- Other spellings
- NCND, 엔시엔디
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
담당자는 사실 여부를 묻는 질문에 앤시앤디 입장을 유지했다.
Asked whether it was true, the person in charge maintained an 앤시앤디 position.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “앤시앤디” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection gives NCND’s English expanded initials and defines neither affirming nor denying. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified. The collection’s headword is 앤시앤디, while the quoted example also uses 엔시엔디.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026