Korean slang profile

킹받다

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Really getting on your nerves

An expression for feeling very annoyed or angry, formed by adding the emphatic 킹 to 열받다.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
자꾸 놀려서 킹받아.
You keep teasing me, and it's really getting on my nerves.
Quoted from a source
‘킹받네’는 분노 사회의 단면을 보여주는 유행어일까.[1]
Is ‘킹받네’ a buzzword that shows a cross-section of the angry society?
English translation by Julimmal.

Early 2019It was a new word commonly used in online communities, and the search volume for ‘킹받네’ on Naver Data Lab began to gradually increase.[1]
January 2021After Kim Min-soo, a member of YouTube’s ‘Fishik University’, appeared on tvN’s ‘You Quiz on the Block’, search volume soared 3-4 times.[1]

Chosun Ilbo describes it as a new expression mainly used in online communities. Who first used it and the exact start date have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

Only the formation from 열받다 and 킹 has been verified. Who first used it and when remain unknown.

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