Insult slang

Started as a mocking imitation of singer MC Mong saying, on 2 Days & 1 Night, "Wow, that's so real, I got goosebumps."

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.

Originally short for "you won't get a girlfriend" (an-saenggyeoyo). On the far-right forum Ilbe, it took on a mocking tone, sometimes paired with a faux-dialect phrase implying "things weren't like this in the old days."

"Leftist commie" (shortened, using a Cold War-era slur for communists) — typically used by right-leaning users to insult left-leaning ones.

"Beat her once every three days" (shortened) — a misogynistic phrase, mainly used on the far-right forum Ilbe.

Combines "brainless" with the derogatory suffix "-chung" (bug/pest) — mocks someone for behaving badly enough to seem to have no brain at all. Historically used by critics of singer Moon Hee-jun to attack his behavior.

It is a derogatory expression used to belittle teenagers who eat school meals.

"The X-family bastard" (shortened) — attaches a surname to insult a notorious or infamous person who shares it, commonly used on gaming/politics-adjacent forums to refer to specific public figures by surname alone.

It is an abbreviation of "clacking dentures," a derogatory term used to belittle older people who use their age as an excuse to lecture young people or violate etiquette in public places. A similar term is "kkon-dae."

A slur for overweight people, supposedly from the labored "pao-hu, kumcheok-kumcheok" breathing sound an overweight person makes — originally the sound one particular mukbang streamer made while eating.

A variant of "haak-haak" — heavy, excited panting, used when getting worked up over something (often something cute or attractive).

A mock-flattering nickname for DC Inside's operator, Kim Yu-sik — sometimes stylized further as a deliberately garbled version of his name.

A deliberate misspelling of "sujun" (level/standard) — sometimes used on purpose to mock someone with poor spelling.

Shorthand for a disapproving tsk-tsk sound, usually tacked on when putting someone down.

A softened or disguised way of writing "byeongsin" (a crude insult) when that word can't be used directly, e.g. on a filtered platform.

A nickname mocking Daegu by comparing it to the crime-ridden Gotham City from Batman — a regional-mockery meme that spread from DC Inside in the mid-2000s.

"Add one idiot to the list, right here" (shortened) — a self-deprecating or mocking comment aimed at someone (including oneself).

"Prim and aloof." A character-personality trope in Japanese manga, anime and bishoujo games. Blends the Japanese for a standoffish, curt demeanor ("tsuntsun") with "bashful/lovestruck" ("dere").

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.

It means overspending money or indulging in luxury. It is said that the English playwright William Shakespeare was the first to use this expression.

Originally a slightly diminishing term for "middle-aged man." Used mockingly or critically for a middle-aged man who forgets his manners and pushes his own behavior/opinions on others.

A derogatory term for otaku-type users active on Naver blogs and cafes.

"Rotten smile," shortened — a mocking, sneering smile.

Short for "(I want to punch you) really hard in the solar plexus" (myeongchi jonna sege) — a crude way of saying someone is unbearably annoying.

Shorthand for a crude insult meaning roughly "idiot."

An insult for someone who is genuinely terrible at playing a game. Originated on DC Inside's StarCraft gallery, where a user said someone playing badly in a team match must be controlling with their feet — combining "foot" (bal) with "control." Someone especially bad is a "gae-balkeon." Not used insultingly in sports or games like DDR where feet are actually the point.

From a 2013 MBC variety show (Dad! Where Are We Going?): an 8-year-old boy said a girl who liked him made him feel "joeunga-bongga" (roughly, "I guess it's kind of nice") — the innocent, awkward phrasing became a viral catchphrase.

It is a derogatory term for thoughtless elementary school students active on the internet. Depending on the context, it can also refer to all elementary school students.

: A derogatory term used by most homosexuals to belittle gays.

"Left-wing zombie," shortened — typically used by right-leaning users to insult left-leaning ones.

"Reactionary diehard" (shortened from a term for stubbornly clinging to old customs) — typically used by left-leaning users to insult right-leaning ones.

"Dawn commute to school," shortened — common among students cramming for college entrance exams or those living far from school.

A suffix meaning "trash/junk," attached to belittle whatever it follows.

A play on "MLB Park," a baseball community site with a large KIA Tigers fanbase, blended with a slur ("hongeo," a fermented skate dish) used to belittle the Jeolla region.

A further, more explicit twist on the mocking exclamation above, inserting a crude pun on "sesang-e" (in the world) as well.

A mocking exclamation targeting gay men — twists "eomeona" (oh my) into "homona" (homo) and "ige" (this) into "gay," typically dropped in comments when two men show an ambiguous spark.

Started when a DC Inside user posted a comic about people in Busan mixing completely mismatched foods together, quoting a Busan dialect line, "Just mix it and eat!" ("Ma! Sseuka mugeura!"). The comic went viral, and afterward "seuka" came to mean mixing incompatible foods, with "Seuka-guk" ("Mix Country") used as a derogatory nickname for Busan. The term spread from DC Inside to many other Korean communities.

"Right-wing zombie," shortened — typically used by left-leaning users to insult right-leaning ones.

Blends "hogu" (a sucker/mark) with "goaengnim" (honored customer) — a sarcastic term for being flattered as a "valued customer" while actually being treated as an easy mark.

Combines "denture" (teul) plus the sound of dentures clacking (ttak) with the derogatory suffix "-chung" — a slur belittling elderly people, from the image of an old person's dentures clattering.

A derogatory term for users of the far-right forum Ilgan Best (Ilbe).

A Gyeongsang-dialect corruption of "your dad," used as an insult toward someone's father.

A Gyeongsang-dialect corruption of "your mom," used as an insult toward someone's mother.

"Troll" — an insult for an unskilled or careless League of Legends player. Named partly after the champion Trundle, whose ice-pillar ability, if mastered and spammed, can trap a team and stop them from returning to base.

"Someone with no tact," shortened (a crude version) — used to insult someone oblivious to social cues.

From Japanese "otaku" (enthusiast/nerd), used pejoratively for someone obsessively attached to Japanese culture, and more broadly for anyone with an intense fixation on a hobby or interest. In Korea it's commonly used to mock fans of Japanese anime/culture specifically. A harsher version is "sipdeokhu" ("10x otaku").

Slang for something that looks expensive but is actually low quality for the price. Named after a convenience-store meal series fronted by singer Kim Chang-ryul, whose small portions and poor quality relative to price made "Changryul" a byword for a bad deal. Used as a noun ("Changryul") or adjective ("Changryul-hada").

It is a derogatory term for the Taegeukgi rallies, meaning ‘the Taegeukgi of old geezers.’

A wild, over-the-top joke or bit — coined on DC Inside's comedy gallery, combining "ad-lib" with the derogatory prefix "gae-" (dog/very). Used dismissively when someone says something outlandish or insincere purely to get attention.

It refers to a student who buys bread at the school store, in other words, an errand boy.

It is a sarcastic term used to mock the older generation for saying "Back in my day" to the younger generation. Also known as "Latte-drip," it is used to criticize or satirize the speech and behavior of the older generation from the past. It is also used in English as "Latte is horse."

It is a remark intended to most strongly mock the controversy surrounding mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) involving U.S. cattle that began in April 2007, as well as the 2008 MBC PD Notebook report on U.S. beef.

"Never heard of it, never seen it" (shortened, and insulting) — a put-down for someone or something obscure and unknown to the public.

It is used to mock people who pretend to be Korean hipsters by borrowing the place name ‘Hongdae,’ which refers to the area near Hongik University, a symbol of indie culture.

He is someone who acts serious and fails to read the atmosphere.

It is to slander or curse while excessively excited.

A derogatory term for someone obsessively devoted to something or someone — especially a celebrity — to the point of making other people uncomfortable. Male super-fans are called "ppa-dori," female ones "ppa-suni." The opposite, someone fixated on hating a target, is a "kka."

Calling someone out and turning out to be guilty of the same thing yourself. From a comedy sketch where the person mocking an African name was himself named Tallulah.