🇰🇷 Seoul
Korean slang from Seoul · 84 phrases
- 대박awesome!; a huge hit, a jackpot
- 헐what?!; OMG (shock)
- 짱the best; awesome
- 꿀잼super fun (literally “honey fun”)
- 노잼boring, no fun
- 최애your favourite (member, idol, anything)
- 덕질being a superfan (fangirling, fanboying)
- 덕후superfan, geek (of something)
- 입덕to become a fan, to fall into a fandom
- 탈덕to quit being a fan
- 본진your main fandom, your number-one group
- 컴백comeback: an idol group's new release
- 비주얼looks; the “visual” (the best-looking member)
- 직캠fancam: a video that follows one member
- 음방music show (on TV)
- 팬싸fan-sign event
- 덕통사고suddenly falling for an idol (a “fandom car crash”)
- 심쿵heart flutter; my heart skipped a beat
- 존맛crazy delicious
- 꿀맛delicious (literally “honey taste”)
- 맛집a great place to eat, a must-try spot
- 먹방mukbang: a video of someone eating
- 혼밥eating alone
- 얼죽아iced americano, even if I freeze
- 아아iced americano
- 갑분싸the mood suddenly got awkward
- 인싸popular person, social butterfly
- 아싸loner, outsider
- 썸a “something”: flirting, not dating yet
- 밀당playing hard to get (push and pull)
- 금사빠someone who falls in love way too fast
- 모쏠never had a partner (“single since birth”)
- 남사친a guy friend (just a friend)
- 엄친아Mr Perfect (“mom’s friend’s son”)
- 멘붕meltdown; my head is spinning
- 킹받네so annoying! (playful)
- 빡치다to be really pissed off
- 오지다to be amazing, insane (in a good way)
- 미쳤다insane! (as praise)
- 쩐다awesome, sick
- 레전드legendary
- 찐real, the real deal
- 레알for real
- 실화냐is this for real?!
- 개웃겨so funny
- 개꿀sweet!, what a deal
- 꿀팁a great tip
- 국룰the unwritten rule, how it’s always done
- 갓생a productive, disciplined life (“god-life”)
- 소확행a small but sure happiness
- 현타a reality check; a sudden “what am I doing with my life”
- 뇌절taking a joke (or anything) too far
- 어쩔티비so what?; whatever (a cheeky comeback)
- 알잘딱깔센do it right, neat and with sense (no need to be told)
- 오히려 좋아even better!; I’ll take it
- 가보자고let's go!; let's do this!
- 킹정totally agree
- 콜deal!; I'm in
- 꼰대a bossy know-it-all (often older)
- 아재개그dad joke
- 열공to study hard
- 노답hopeless, a lost cause
- 손절to cut someone off
- 텅장an empty bank account
- 플렉스a splurge, a flex (showing off with money)
- 내돈내산bought with my own money (an honest review)
- 칼퇴leaving work right on time
- 불금Friday night out (“fire Friday”)
- 관종attention seeker
- 사바사depends on the person
- 별다줄you shorten everything!
- 만렙max level; a pro at something
- 꾸안꾸effortlessly stylish (dressed up, looks like not)
- 막내the youngest (in a group or family)
- 잼민이annoying little kid
- 안물안궁didn't ask, don't care
- 엄근진dead serious
- 짠테크frugal saving (penny-pinching as a hobby)
- 월급루팡"salary thief": someone paid to do nothing at work
- 야근working late, night overtime
- 커플템couple items (matching things for a couple)
- 단짠단짠sweet-salty, sweet-salty (the perfect combo)
- 야식late-night snack (often delivered)
- 진상a nightmare customer, someone obnoxious
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