Korean slang profile
얼죽아
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Iced drinks, even in freezing weather
Short for 얼어 죽어도 아이스, describing a person or preference that insists on iced drinks no matter how cold it is.
- Expanded form
- 얼어 죽어도 아이스(아메리카노)Iced drinks, even in freezing weather
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Feb 14, 2019
- Documented trend period
- Around 2019~
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
영하 5도인데 얼죽아라서 아이스 시켰어.
It's minus five degrees, but I ordered an iced drink anyway. I always go for iced.
- Quoted from a source
'얼어 죽어도 아이스 음료'를 고집한다는 '얼죽아'들의 세상입니다.[1]
This is the world of ‘얼죽아’ who insist on ‘ice drinks even if they freeze to death.’
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- February 2019In the infographic article ‘This winter is a 얼죽아 world’, EToday introduced the person who shouts ‘Iced Americano, please, please’ even in the cold winter as ‘얼죽아’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for 얼어 죽어도 아이스 음료, insisting on iced drinks even in freezing weather. A 2019 EToday article explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have 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.
- [인포그래픽] “아이스 아메리카노 주세요” 올 겨울은 ‘얼죽아’ 세상 (이투데이)Published Feb 14, 2019Original source checked Nov 5, 2026