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지름신

Korean
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  • #Everyday slang

물건을 지르고 싶어하게 만드는 신이다. 물건을 사고 싶어질 때 '지름신 강림'과 같은 식으로 쓰인다.

UsageFrom: 지르다 + 신

2English
  • #Shopping & beauty

The "god of impulse buying" — invoked as "the buying-god has descended" when the urge to shop hits hard. The verb form is "jireuda" (to impulse-buy); the itch to buy is called "ppomppu."

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