Slangdunk

Slang, explained by the people who actually use it.

Surprise me
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얼죽신Korean

Short for "new-build even if I freeze to death" — insisting on newly built apartments no matter the price; modeled on 얼죽아.

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  • #Work & school

"Silicon collar" — modeled on white/blue collar, it refers to chipmaker employees whose huge bonuses have made them a new affluent class.

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마상Korean

Short for "heart wound" — a light, often joking way to say your feelings got hurt, as in 마상 입었다 ("I got hurt").

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  • #Humor
  • #Work & school

Adds "Ha" (for SK hynix) to the classic list of elite majors — medicine, dentistry, Korean medicine, pharmacy, vet school — joking that chip jobs now rank with becoming a doctor.

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  • #Photos & SNS
얼빡샷Korean

A face-filling close-up shot — a photo or video where someone's face takes up the whole frame.

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인구론Korean

Short for "90% of humanities grads are unemployed" — a self-mocking pun on Malthus's "Essay on Population" about the humanities job crunch.