Korean slang profile

웃수저

utssujeo

Someone who makes people around them laugh without particularly trying.

Expanded form: Not documented
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Mar 3, 2022
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
가만히 얘기해도 다들 웃네, 너 정말 웃수저다.
Everyone laughs even when you’re just talking. You’re really a 웃수저.

02Documented history

March 2022JoongAng Ilbo introduced the expression adding laughter to spoon and a poll choosing idols who make others laugh.[1]
May 2026Asia Today presented it as an example of speech used in funny situations.[2]

03Origin & word formation

A 2022 JoongAng Ilbo column explains it as adding laughter to 수저, spoon, as used in terms such as gold spoon and dirt spoon. It also introduces a poll choosing idols who make others laugh. Who first used it and when could not be established.

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.

[밀레니얼 트렌드 사전] 웃수저 | 중앙일보 (중앙일보)Published Mar 3, 2022Original source checked Nov 12, 2026
[카드뉴스] 부장님, 개밤티는 욕이 아닙니다 : 2026 신조어 가이드 - 아시아투데이 (아시아투데이)Published May 13, 2026Original source checked Nov 12, 2026