Korean slang profile
웨잇
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A short-video dance challenge combining a stop hand gesture and hip movements to a sped-up song.
A short-video dance challenge combining a stop hand gesture and hip movements to a sped-up song.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- Wait
- Earliest source found
- Dec 15, 2025
- 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
친구와 웨잇 챌린지 손동작을 맞춰봤어.
My friend and I tried matching the 웨잇 challenge hand moves.
02Documented history
- 2025-12-15Harper’s Bazaar Korea’s year-end challenge roundup introduced a dance combining sped-up Maps audio with a stop gesture.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Harper’s Bazaar Korea introduces it as a challenge using a sped-up version of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ ‘Maps.’ The explanation in a month-by-month year-end roundup was checked, but the first choreographer and 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.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 알고리즘이 만든 2025 핫 챌린지는 무엇? | 하퍼스 바자 코리아 (하퍼스 바자 코리아)Published Dec 15, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026