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Korean slang profile

궁전으로 갈 수도 있어

gungjeoneuro gal sudo isseo

An expression for feeling extremely good or reaching the height of enjoyment. It borrows a song lyric as an everyday reaction.

An expression for feeling extremely good or reaching the height of enjoyment. It borrows a song lyric as an everyday reaction.

Expanded form
Not documented
Other spellings
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Earliest source found
Not verified
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

    좋아하는 공연 표를 구했어, 궁전으로 갈 수도 있어.

    I got tickets to a show I love—궁전으로 갈 수도 있어, I could go to a palace.

02Documented history

  1. Publication date unverifiedKorea Housing Finance Corporation introduced it as a catchphrase borrowing a song lyric for a happy situation.[1]

03Origin & word formation

Korea Housing Finance Corporation’s webzine explains it as a line from Lee Moon-sae’s ‘깊은 밤을 날아서’ and introduces variations used when feeling happy. Publication-date metadata for the individual webzine article and the earliest meme post could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The meaning and usage were checked directly in the article. The original material and when the expression was coined need separate verification. Dates were omitted for sources whose publication date could not be verified.

04Sources

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  1. 한국주택금융공사 (한국주택금융공사)Original source checked Nov 12, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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