As defined on Soompi, “A somewhat vague term for a ‘citizen of the internet.’ K-pop and K-drama netizens are known for taking small non-existent issues and turning them into huge career-ending situations. They also enjoy acting as the moral police and will even create online petitions to try and ...
As defined on Soompi, idol is a “general term for young K-Pop entertainers. What sets them apart from normal “singers” is that they are also trained to do other things such as act, MC, DJ model and dance.” Differently from Western entertainers, k-pop idols are trained since their ...
Also known as anti-fans, antis are, as defined on Dramafever, “fans who unite against a certain actor or singer are anti-fans, or ‘antis’ for short. Usually they become antis because they feel like their bias is in competition with the idol.” The behavior of an anti varies. It can consist of ...
As defined on the Soompi website, “When an artist has the #1 song or album on all the legal music download sites, such as Melon, Dosirak and Soribada. An all-kill on a daily chart (on the day of a new release) is normal for most popular groups. Weekly and monthly chart all-kills are much more ...
As defined on the Chagiku blog, “the exclamation 아이구 'Aigu!' is used, with varying tonality, in keening for a dead parent, or expressing sympathy for another person's bad news, but it is also used on spilling a cup of coffee, or to express exasperation on just missing a bus, amazement on meeting a ...
Omona (어머나) — which can be interchangeably used with “omo” (오모) — is a Korean interjection which means something akin to the English expressions “Oh my!”, “Oh my gosh!” or “Oh my god!”, denoting surprise. Its use is closely related to “aigoo” (아이구), however omona appears to have less of a negative ...
Omo (오모) — which can be interchangeably used with “omona” (어머나) — is a Korean interjection which means something akin to the English expressions “Oh my!”, “Oh my gosh!” or “Oh my god!”, denoting surprise. Its use is closely related to “aigoo” (아이구), however omo appears to have a more positive ...
Selca is a composite of the words “self” and “camera”. It is equivalent to “selfie”. This term seems to be widely popular in Eastern countries. A selca (or selfie) consists, as defined on Wikipedia, of “a self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a digital camera or camera phone held in the ...
