입틀막
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What 입틀막 means
Short for "gagging someone's mouth." It spread as a political term after a protesting graduate was physically gagged and removed by security during the president's speech at KAIST's February 2024 graduation, and is mainly used by critics to describe authorities silencing dissent.
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Short for "gagging someone's mouth." It spread as a political term after a protesting graduate was physically gagged and removed by security during the president's speech at KAIST's February 2024 graduation, and is mainly used by critics to describe authorities silencing dissent.
'입을 틀어막다'의 줄임말이다. 2024년 2월 KAIST 학위수여식에서 대통령 축사 중 항의하던 졸업생이 경호원에게 입이 막힌 채 끌려 나간 일 이후, 주로 정부·권력이 비판의 목소리를 막는다고 비판할 때 쓰이는 정치적 표현으로 퍼졌다.
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