Emotions slang

Visually resembles a person collapsed on their knees, hands on the ground — used to express despair or defeat. Also written "orz."

Slang for keeping quiet and staying out of the way — mostly heard as "jjajyeo isseo" ("stay out of it / keep your mouth shut"), which is rude.

Represents crying — the shape of the Korean vowel visually resembles tears streaming down.

A term referring to a frustrating situation or a person who feels as stifled as if they had eaten too many sweet potatoes.

I am saying this because I am having trouble solving the problem.

To be angry, annoyed, or infuriated — often at something absurd or ridiculous.

"Mental breakdown," shortened — a complete mental collapse from shock or stress.

"Humiliation play" (shortened) — used for a deeply embarrassing or humiliating situation.

: It is the sequence of the basic positions of the left hand on a 2-set keyboard, meaning there is no thought.

To be furious — "so angry your head is spinning."

An exclamation of frustration or displeasure, from a lyric ("break") in a song by Moon Hee-jun, leader of the first-generation idol group H.O.T.

"Blood rushing backward/upward," shortened — a surge of anger or adrenaline.

"My heart went thump," shortened — a sudden flutter of attraction or excitement.

Means the same as "geuk-hyeom" (utterly disgusting/hate it). Also used when something is absurd or annoying, or sometimes just said for fun with no real meaning.

A jokey intensified version of "yeolbatne" (that pisses me off), swapping in "King" for extra emphasis.

Getting extremely angry. It appeared in the 2001 SBS sitcom *You Can't Stop Them*. It is the highest level of anger, and below it are minor anger, minor anger, moderate anger, and great anger.

Same idiom as above — the cringing, curling sensation from something cheesy or embarrassing.

Being knocked out cold — from losing badly in a match, or from some other event leaving someone utterly incapacitated.

"Speed-of-light elimination," shortened — being knocked out of a competition extremely early, exaggerated as happening at the speed of light.

Means "trembling, trembling, trembling" — an intensified version of ㄷㄷ.

Means "beginner" — from the English gaming slang "noob," used for someone frustratingly clueless.

The Korean word for "tears" (눈물) flipped upside down looks like "롬곡" — a stylized way to say you're crying.

"Your hands and feet curl up" — Korean idiom for the cringe you feel watching something excessively cheesy or embarrassing.

Represents a shivering/trembling sound ("deol-deol"), used when something is impressively intense, scary, or shocking. An intensified form is "ㅎㄷㄷ" (hu-deol-deol).

"Black history" — used for a period of someone's past they now find embarrassing or cringeworthy. Borrowed from Japanese; softer renderings like "a past best forgotten" are the recommended translation.

To zone out and stare blankly, thinking about nothing.

"No" (English) + "dap" (answer) — "there's no answer/solution." Describes a hopeless person or an infuriating problem.

"Real tension" — genuine excitement, the opposite of "forced tension" (eokji-tension).

A term referring to something that unfolds in a satisfying and refreshing way in a frustrating situation, or to such a person.

Baby-crying sound, used to cast yourself as a helpless beginner: "waaah, I'm a stock-market baby."

"Real" + "tension" — genuine excitement, as opposed to eokten (forced enthusiasm).

An intensified "real" — genuine, not fake. Attaches to other words: jjinchin (real friend), jjinten (real excitement).

Short for "what matters is a heart that never breaks." From a 2022 League of Legends Worlds interview, now a general rallying cry.