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플렉스

peullekseu

🇰🇷 Korean slang from Seoul

What does “플렉스” mean?

a splurge, a flex (showing off with money)

Example

“용돈 받아서 오늘 플렉스했어.”
yongdon badaseo oneul peullekseuhaesseo.
Got my allowance, so I splurged today.

Who you can say it to

With friends, not your boss

💸 Money

The textbook way to say it: 돈을 크게 쓰다

Heard in a conversation

Iced americano in January

Doyun 레알 내돈내산. 먹방 영상도 봤는데 개꿀이더라.
For real, their own money. I watched a mukbang too and it looked like a sweet deal.
Yuna 좋아, 갓생은 내일부터. 오늘은 플렉스!
Fine, the disciplined life starts tomorrow. Tonight we splurge!
Doyun 킹정. 가보자고!
Totally agree. Let's do this!

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