Korean slang profile
스트레스 받을 거야
seuteureseu badeul geoya
A phrase imitating Kim Dong-hyun’s manner of calmly warning of a difficult situation while encouraging someone to endure it.
A phrase imitating Kim Dong-hyun’s manner of calmly warning of a difficult situation while encouraging someone to endure it.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jan 23, 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
이번 연습은 스트레스 받을 거야, 그래도 같이 해 보자.
This practice will be stressful—스트레스 받을 거야—but let’s try it together.
02Documented history
- January 2026Sports Kyunghyang reported that Kim Dong-hyun’s calm remarks while watching junior athletes train were being used as an encouraging meme.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2026 Sports Kyunghyang article introduces how Kim Dong-hyun’s words to junior athletes during sparring became a meme. The full audio and subtitles of the original broadcast or training video were not directly checked.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation was checked directly, but who first coined the expression and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- “운동 많이 된다” 김동현, 훈계가 위로가 된 ‘동현식 사고’ - 스포츠경향 AMP (스포츠경향)Published Jan 23, 2026Original source checked Nov 12, 2026