인싸
inssa
🇰🇷 Korean slang from Seoul
What does “인싸” mean?
popular person, social butterfly
Example
“걔는 반에서 완전 인싸야.”
gyaeneun baneseo wanjeon inssaya.
They're super popular in class.
Good to know
From English “insider”. The most popular of all is a 핵인싸 (“nuclear insider”).
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🫂 Friends
The textbook way to say it: 사교적인 사람
Heard in a conversation
At the café
Doyun 난 아아! 겨울에도 얼죽아야.
Iced americano for me! I'm iced-even-if-I-freeze, even in winter.
Yuna 헐, 저기 봐. 우리 반 인싸 지우잖아.
Whoa, look over there. Isn't that Jiwoo, the most popular kid in our class?
Doyun 걔 요즘 민서랑 썸 탄대.
I heard he's got a little something going with Minseo.
More from Seoul
- 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
- 비주얼looks; the “visual” (the best-looking member)
- 직캠fancam: a video that follows one member
Songs from Seoul
- Spring Day · BTSLevel A2
- Through the Night · IULevel A2
- APT. · ROSÉ, Bruno MarsLevel A2
- Cheer Up · TWICELevel A2
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