Korean slang profile

웃안웃

usanut

Something may seem funny, but one cannot simply laugh and enjoy it.

Expanded form: 웃기는데 안 웃겨it is funny, but not funny
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Jun 7, 2024
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
마감 직전에 컴퓨터가 업데이트를 시작해서 웃안웃이야.
My computer started updating just before the deadline—웃안웃.

02Documented history

June 2024이투데이 explained it in a new-word column as short for 웃기는데 안 웃겨.[1]

03Origin & word formation

Short for ‘웃기는데 안 웃겨’ (it is funny, but not funny). A 2024 source from 이투데이 confirms this formation or explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The formation and usage were checked in the source. Who first coined it and when it was first used need further comparison.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

[이투데이 말투데이] 계견승천(鷄犬昇天)/멀티페르소나 (이투데이)Published Jun 7, 2024Original source checked Nov 13, 2026