Meme slang

From a 2000 MBC adult sitcom (Three Friends), where actor Yoon Da-hoon would say "jageop deureoganda" ("time to make my move") whenever he pursued a woman he liked. The word "jageop" (lit. "work/operation") caught on nationally as slang for a man actively trying to woo a woman.

A character-personality trope common in anime and bishoujo games — someone with an obsessive, unhealthy attachment to one person. Blends the Japanese words for "sick/ill" (yamu) and "bashful/lovestruck" (dere).

Used similarly to "nakshi" (bait/clickbait). Before this term caught on, "nakshi" was more common, but it overtook it in popularity after a viral meme of a Black man holding a Yu-Gi-Oh card saying "You've activated my trap card!" It's also used in the fuller form "trap card."

"Blocking the path," shortened. Rose to popularity through the racing game KartRider in the mid-2000s — deliberately obstructing another racer during a match.

Slang for a disgusting or disturbing image.

It is a trending term that originated from Girlfriend's Umji saying to fans at the filming of the 2017 Lunar New Year Idol Star Athletics Championships, "Anyone who received two packets of ketchup! Confession of conscience!", meaning a confession about a trivial matter.

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.

"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").

From a 2009 MBC sitcom (High Kick Through the Roof!): a flatulent grandfather kept farting around his young granddaughter, who — just learning to talk — started calling him "bbang-kku-ddong-kku" ("fart-butt") and later used it for anyone she disliked. The phrase went viral nationally and even made a news anchor break into laughter on air, despite a media-standards warning that it was crude. "Bbang-kku" means fart, "ddong-kku" means anus.

An abbreviation of 'photo to prevent cropping.' It refers to simple, bizarre photos created to attract attention and prevent humor posts from being buried on back pages when uploaded to a bulletin board. The term originated on DC Inside.

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.

"Anti-page-2 image," shortened — a quirky or eye-catching picture posted with a forum thread specifically to grab attention and keep the post from getting buried unnoticed. Coined on DC Inside.

A catchphrase from cartoonist Eongdeongguk's webtoon "Gay Bar Bound for Hong Kong."

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.

A stylized way of writing out "SBS" (Seoul Broadcasting System) phonetically. KBS gets the same treatment as "Keubeuseu." A similar-style term is "beogeum" for BGM (background music).

In the drama *Taejo Wang Geon*, when a subject coughed, Gung Ye said, "Who is it? Who made that coughing sound?" which eventually became a popular catchphrase.

"The mood suddenly went cold," shortened.

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 an abbreviation for "moving meme," and is mostly used as a GIF.

"Picking up a jjal" — saving a meme image you like off the internet.

It is a speech pattern used by teenagers of the generation that eats school lunches. They mix in abbreviations, initialisms, and slang from famous creators.

"Lucky" + Jang Won-young's English name Vicky — an exclamation that something is fortunate, the catchphrase of 원영적 사고.

From "meme" — a joke format, image or line that spreads and mutates online.

In a viral personality-by-hormone trend, a man seen as testosterone-driven: assertive, direct, take-charge. Not an actual scientific category.