Korean slang profile
감옥에서 누가 돌아왔게
gamogeseo nuga dorawatge
Guess who's back from prison
A meme dramatically announcing the return of someone or something absent for a while, often copied with a loud, drawn-out delivery or a different place name.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 감옥에서 누가 돌아왔게?, 누가 돌아왔게
- Earliest source found
- Jun 30, 2026
- 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
오랜만에 단톡방에 왔어. 누가 돌아왔게? 바로 나!
I'm back in the group chat after ages. Guess who's back? Me!
- Quoted from a source
거제에~서 누가 돌아왔~게!!!!!!![1]
Guess who's back from Geoje!
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
Le Desk traces parody usage to YouTuber Pagliacci's skit line “Guess who's back from prison! Me!” and its exaggerated delivery. It gives examples involving a friend returning to a group chat or an idol broadcasting after an absence. An X variation changes the location to Geoje. The original skit's text and posting date were not compared directly, so its first release date is not asserted.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The article's origin account and a location-based variation on X were checked. The earliest-source date refers to that variation; the original skit's posting date and the start of its popularity remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 거제에~서 누가 돌아왔~게!!!!!!! (채연이·X)Published Jun 30, 2026Original source checked Nov 6, 2026
- 다들 어디 갇혀 있었길래…감옥에~서 누가 돌아왔~게? 열풍 (르데스크)Published Jul 16, 2026Original source checked Nov 6, 2026