Korean slang profile
별다줄
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People abbreviate everything
A mildly critical comment about the sheer number of abbreviations, suggesting that people will shorten just about anything.
- Expanded form
- 별걸 다 줄인다People abbreviate everything
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Feb 2016
- Documented trend period
- Around 2016~
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
점메추, 저메추… 별다줄이다.
Lunch recommendations, dinner recommendations… people abbreviate everything.
- Quoted from a source
‘별다줄’도 신조어인데 ‘별걸 다 줄인다’는 뜻이다.[1]
별다줄 is another new expression, meaning people abbreviate everything.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- February 2016AhnLab's security magazine explains 별다줄 as ‘people abbreviate everything’ while introducing expressions used by children. It notes that even a criticism of abbreviations is itself an abbreviation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for 별걸 다 줄인다, meaning people abbreviate everything. The February 2016 issue of AhnLab's magazine explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The magazine 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.
- 월간 安 2016년 2월호 — 디지털 네이티브의 ‘신조어’ 따라잡기 (안랩)Published Feb 2016Original source checked Nov 5, 2026