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  • #Abbreviation
  • #Gaming
Korean

Originally from a polite gamer sign-off ("enjoy the game"), it got shortened over time and repurposed to mean "forget it" or "get lost" — often used to shut down an absurd item-trade offer or dismiss someone outright.

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  • #Abbreviation
  • #Prefixes & suffixes
  • #Work & school
-딩Korean

A suffix shortened from "-grade student" — used as "yu-ding" (kindergartner), "cho-ding" (elementary schooler), "jung-ding" (middle schooler), "go-ding" (high schooler), "dae-ding" (college student), "jik-ding" (office worker). As youth crime has risen, harsher, more contemptuous versions aimed at middle/high schoolers have become more common than the plain forms.

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-각Korean

A suffix meaning "there's a strong chance of / it looks like it's about to happen," e.g. "injeong-gak" ("looks like it's confirmed").

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  • #Everyday slang
샵쥐Korean

It originated from the fact that speaking "father-in-law" quickly sounds like "shap-jwi." It is a casual term used to refer to a father-in-law.

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  • #Photos & SNS
甲(갑)Korean

"The top dog" in a given field, similar in meaning to "jonggyeoljja" (the finisher). Traces to a photo of a KIA Tigers fan holding a sign that misspelled the character for "god" (神) as a similar-looking character (申), which someone else then further misread as yet another similar character, 甲 (meaning "first/superior"), giving rise to this usage.

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  • #Abbreviation
강추Korean

"Strongly recommend," shortened. The opposite, "don't recommend," is shortened to "bichu."

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  • #Money
탕진잼Korean

It is spending small amounts of money within a range that does not interfere with daily life.

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  • #Money
  • #Shopping & beauty
나심비Korean

"If I'm satisfied, I'll open my wallet" — buying based on personal satisfaction rather than price/performance value.

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