Korean slang profile
DDR
ddr
Dance Dance Revolution
An abbreviation for the dance game 댄스 댄스 레볼루션, played by stepping on panels following screen instructions.
- Expanded form
- Dance Dance RevolutionDance Dance Revolution
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 28, 1999
- 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
친구들과 오락실에서 DDR을 번갈아 즐겼다.
My friends and I took turns playing DDR at the arcade.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The 1999 material from 조선일보 자료·조선비즈 제공 introduced this expression and its definition. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The article directly pairs the dance arcade game’s abbreviation and its English expanded form. Other abbreviations with the same letters are distinguished.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 정보통신업계에 유행한 말…말…말 (조선일보 자료·조선비즈 제공)Published Dec 28, 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026