Korean Slang for Internet and Text Messaging

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SOUNDS

- Noise used for laughter, the more's the more the person is laughing.

-, another way to write the sound of laughter

- Noise used for laughter, the more's the more the person is laughing

EMOTICONS

/- Tears

^^ - Happy eyes

- Interchangeable with ^^ (rarely used)

.\/. - Angry eyes

OTL - Shape of a person fallen on the floor in representation of a failure or mistake

i.e., "I forgot my homework OTL" (O - head, T - torso and arms, L - legs)

(= orz)

*_____* - Smiling face

- Used for when someone died (what is it supposed to be?)

--a - Scratching one's head

''b - Thumbs up

''- The finger

@.@ - Confusion

[any emoticon] + ;; - embarrassment (i.e., ^^;;). It can also just be used by itself to

indicate embarrassment. The more semi colons the more one is indicating they are

embarrassed.

_- ?

.- ?

.- ?

.- ?

~~~~ used to make a statement more friendly, especially at the end of conversation.

imagine over-extended sound at the end.

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~~~~ !

SHORTENED WORDS

Shortened

formReal word Comment

Positive response, low form of(yes).

Ok

~ ~

Abbreviation used in combination when expressing a particular day.

(Sunday)

(Wednesday)

/ Thank you

/

Accelerate - used on some message boards to artificially increase the number

of replies or keep the thread alive. (I don't think any Korean would use

this way.)

It's ok

Keep up the good work.

Congratulations

Hi

Bye

Nice to meet you

A strong korean curse word, similar to the F word.

Tomorrow

Long time no see.

Expression you use when something or someone is annoying

/ (Ah) I see!

Just

How

~the hell (i.e. who the hell ...)

TEXT MESSAGE STYLE

Since many young people are so used to typing text messages in a different way, typing proper

Korean can sometimes make the person sound serious or angry. Many young people use a


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style that is considered more cute. However these should not be used in formal conversation,

people who you have a formal relationship with and elders (cases vary).

Style/form Comment

A/V +/(instead

ofA/V + ())

This is not to be confused with the real grammar patternA/V + ()whichturns a adjective or verb into a noun.

(If I finish early, I'll

call you)

(If you have time, let's

meet)

Simple spellingExamples:

substitutionsUsing,,,,,instead of(low form of 'yes'). These forms aresupposed to be more 'cute.'

Addingas thetowords.

Young people often addas theto words at the end of sentences

without a.

Examples:

! !

Substitutes for ~

~, ~, ~, ~, ~, ~= Substitutes for ~at the end of sentences.

Examples:

~

Substitute for ~& ~.

Examples:

(to be added)

, ~3

Substitute for ~and.is the pronunciation for theSino Koreannumberthree, so 3 can be used as well.

Examples:

Usinginstead of

(as)

Examples:

(Note: This is usually just a typo.)

Spelled as pronounced Some words are spelled the way they are commonly pronounced.
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Examples:

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/

instead of

Sometimesis used instead ofto sound more cute.

Examples:

words Words like,become justand.

~instead of ~

Sometimes ~is used instead of ~to sound more cute.

Examples:

() for Good night!

Noise used when

Noise used for laughter, used when(especially when girls are)

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Remember, in Korean, the sentence structure is Subject + Object + Verb. In English, its

Subject + Verb + Object.

To help you learn Korean through social media, I started a few Twitter conversations and

hashtags: #Korean, #KoreanWordofTheDay, and #KoreanTipOfTheDay. But, for purposes of

simplicity, I will use the hashtag,#KoreanLanguagegoing forward. You too can start your own

Twitter hashtag to catalog your Korean vocabulary or conversations! If you need any help along

the way, please sendmea tweet! I would love to follow your language learning journey on

Twitter.

Below are a summary of tweets for building your vocabulary. They are easy to digest; useful

Korean words and phrases that you wont necessarily find using an online translator likeGoogle

Translate.

= brat or rascal. You can call a naughty child a .

! = I miss you!

! = Have a good Chuseok/Thanksgiving!

If someone asks you what you ate for lunch, you can say, [name of food]. It

means, I ate [name of food].

= Kiss please/Kiss me; a slang term between a bf/gf perhaps. Transliteration:

boe boe heh joo seh yo.

Phrase to say to someone taking an exam or running a race, etc.> ,! =

Good luck, go go!

means burning Friday. Koreans say this as, an exciting Friday or a

drinking/eating a lot Friday.!

I think of you often = ; I think of you all day =; I

think of you sometimes =.

A compliment girls say to each other is pretty sister = (to older sister) &

(to younger sister).

Korean quote of the day: ..

. (English quote from photo: pic.twitter.com/z2EVEUJg.)

How to laugh in Korean:is masculine,is feminine +is neutral/cute. Literal

meaning = ha ha ha, ho ho ho, he he he!

. = Do not mention it. Use this phrase as an alternate way of saying Youre

welcome.

Korean word/expression of the day:! = Wow! ,. = I love you, mom. w/ video of a cute boy saying Omma, sahdang

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Korean phrase for the weekend:! (Have a great weekend!) These are the

honorific/polite versions.

Korean slang word of the day:(transliteration: dong an); baby face.

Korean text messaging tips:is the equivalent of a hehe and is the equivalent to an

LOL or ROFL.means no.

Korean text messaging tip:means yes in text talk. Have questions about Korean text

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You are always welcome to send me a tweet or post on our Facebook account any questions

you may have. I will try to answer all of your questions in a timely manner. If you would like to

know the transliteration of any of these phrases, and hear how to pronounce each word and

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Korean Shortened Words:Chatting and Text Messaging inKoreanBy Cyjh

Social Network Map

Do Koreans Love Social Networking Sites?

Koreans are really like bookworms who are always carrying a lot ofbooks on their bags and studying from morning until evening. Studentsare always busy writing diaries (though my students always complain),and memorizing a lot of vocabulary words (especially Englishvocabulary words).However, like other people, like you and me, they arestill human (hoho!).They also love socializing and they, of course, usesocial networking sites.

Facebook, Cyworld, Kakaostory, Me2day, Twitter

Facebook, as we all know, is the most famous social networking siteglobally. Koreans do have it but not most of Koreans that I know.

Cyworldwhich is the Korean version for 'Facebook' and Koreans,though not all, usually have it. (Well, I don't have it so I can't explainabout this further. Can you forgive me? ^^)

Kakaostory.(This one! I have this one! Hahaha!)Actually, this one isfor smartphones, tablets and other devices that can use internet asidefrom computers, laptops, and pc notebooks.(I'm not good at technology,

anyway.)Most of my students don't have Facebook but almost all ofthem have Kakaostory. One can post statuses, pictures and receives


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comments or tags. While Facebook has Facebook Chat, Kakaostory hasKakaotalk which used as a messenger and is also used to call.

Me2day. I've included this one since I have it. However, I usually don'tuse it. (I can't even remember my log in id and password. hoho!)I

couldn't understand even a bit Korean when I joined this site... and whatthe... all I could see on the homepage is Korean!!! Well, I can describethis site like facebook, too. They system is different of course. There's noinstant chatbox but there's like message page, I can say. The good thingabout this site is that (like Twitter) you can identify who is the realcelebrity and who is not. A celebrity has something like 'verified' or ' /' (check mark)below his/her profile name. Most Korean celebrities dohave it but they just post really sometimes. :)

Last one isTwitter. Who does not know about it?? I made a twitter justto follow and mention my favorite Korean star! :) Most of Korean starshave it and they post, yeah, quite much! ^^Anyway, I only have one student who has it and most of my students tellme "It's hard to use,"when I try to ask them Hoho! Most of my Koreanfriends don't have it, too.

Aside from these sites, Koreans join other social networks to meet newpeople and explore new things. Though some of them can speak and chatin English, I think it's also better for us to know some of the words theyuse to express themselves online.

Kakaotalk

Shortened Korean Words/Expressions


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Koreans value formality but when they get closer, words are usuallyshortened to sound cute especially when chatting. Let's try looking atsome:

from and it simply means yes. For Filipinos, it is same asOo(Tagalog word for yes)so you can remember this quite easily.

is no. is actually the Korean letter for nso you just need toremember that.

just know the Korean alphabet and youll understand this. Anyway, itmeans okay or simply ok.

sounds like giggling in Korean. You can put as much as you wantafter you made a joke or told someone a funny statement (and I amso used to it that I even make this sound after telling a joke or makea funny statement in person!!! kkk).

from

(haha)and it means like 'haha!' :) Like

, you can put as

much as you want. The more

's, the more the person is laughing.

from

puahaha and sounds like an evil laugh.


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my student said it's a crying sound but I don't usually use it

sounds like sobbing when someone cries(and this is what I often use)

fromwhich translated as go-go.Its actually from an Englishexpression go-go sing which means lets goorlets do it. They also

do

gogo shingsometimes.

from the word

or

which means thank you.

is short for "", which means shiver. It is used by someonewho is scared or shocked. You can also use this when you are amazedat something. My student said it can also be written as

this

;; or

;

short for

which is translated asCongratulations!

/

like T.T or T_T and means 'tears' or someone is crying/deeplysad (This is actually considered an emoticon but I categorized it inhere)

(bang-ga bang-ga)

cute way of saying

which means Nice to meet you.However,

this

is likely used between close friends who havent met for

some time. It can not and should not be used when talking to eldersor someone you have just met.

from

(Ha-i) translated as Hi!


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means hello!

pronounced as (Hallung)and it means both hi and hello!

pronounced as pwing-pwingand no direct translation. It can beused when you are asking a favor to someone and begging him/her to

grant your request. Its like acting like a child.! ^^

(When done in person, it has some actions to look and sound cute.)

Just look at the pictures below! ^_^

Pwing-Pwing from K-Pop Stars

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Just remember that you can use most of them when you are using'banmal' or talking to someone is younger than you or your very closefriends.(I guess, I need to create a hub about the formal speech levelKoreans have.. hoho!)

There's a lot more but those that I discussed here are the ones I usuallyuse. I just don't want to share something that I am not really sure of!Hoho! But anyway, don't worry! I'll keep this updated. If I learn new ones,I'll tell you! ^^

The last one for now is...

2

short for "

" and it means"bye" org2g.

means 2 in Sino-Korean numbers.

And that is what I'll tell you! kekekeke!

2!!! ^^

P.S... ^^If you want you to add some more, feel free to do so!The comment box is open... (Thank you!)~~~~

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If youre coming to Korea, you will probably have plenty of opportunity to text in Korean. But even if

you dont care to learn how to text in Korean, these little Korean texting slang tidbits will do wonders in

understanding your Korean friends via text. Learn these Korean texting slang, and you just might

make your Korean friends chuckle

(heol)

This Korean slang term doesnt necessarily have a meaning. Its mostly used to express a mild shock

or surprise and at times disappointment. This is mainly used as a non-positive response.

Korean texting example #1:

A:? (Where are you?)B:,? (Home, why?)

A:(heol, we were supposed to meet)


A:! (I shaved my head!)

B: (heol)


A:

!! (I ate pigeon!!)B: (heol)

Note: This texting slang is age sensitive. It is spoken (mostly by very young people), but (heol) can

be seen in Korean texts used by people up to their late 20s.

aka(eung)Ok/yes

Many Korean texters like to use the least amount of finger movement as possible. And this is totally

true with the Korean word for yes/ok, (eung). Instead of wasting precious energy by typing the

extra vowel(eu), people just omit it totally and text .


A:? (Did you eat?)

B:(yes)


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A:! (Hurry and come!)

B:(ok)

(kk) vs(hh) vs(puhaha)

The equivalent of haha or hehe, people use (kk) or(hh) to not necessarily show real

laughter but more as a text filler tomake their texts in Korean friendlieror lighter. But if someone

manages to make a super hilarious joke via text, many people use (puhaha) to show that there

is actual laughter (or at least giggling) going on.


A:(I didnt go to school haha)


A:? (Do you want to eat with me?)

B:..(Umm.. not really haha)


A:?? (Should I make you food today?)

B:(puhaha no thanks)

(weolyol) =(weolyoil)

This is the Korean texting equivalent of shortening Monday to Mon which is always useful for all

the worlds lazy Korean texters. This can be used for any day of the week, essentially the latter part of

(yoil) is shortened to(yol).


A:? (Should we meet mon?)

B:(Lets meet thur)

Have any more Korean texting terms to add? Feel free to add in the comment section!

o U Speak Text? Deciphering Korean Emoticons \(^0^)/

Written byJessica Steele on March 22, 2013 inLifestyle

Koreans are creative with their texting and netspeak and its no wonder Korea has millions of smartphone and

cell phone users and internet is readily available in even the remotest corners of the country! Emoticons and
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expressions are the fun part of text and netspeak; they convey a wide range of emotions and they even cover

situations you probably havent thought of yet!

There honestly hundreds and hundreds of emoticons and variations thereof, so generally speaking something

upturned or bubbly indicates positive or silly feelings; dashes, dots, semi-colons, and anything down-turned

indicate negative emotions; asterisks represent blushing or cuteness, and anything repeated shows emphasis or

frequency. Lets explore the emotions: happiness, excitement, laughter, love, sadness, anger, and a couple of

others just for fun!

FeelinGood

The most ubiquitous Korean emoticon is the smiley or happy face: ^^ . This little icon is designed to look like two

eyes that are squinted shut from smiling so hard. You can also use punctuation or Korean letters to create the

mouth and nose: ^_^ , ^.^ , ô^ , ^^, , '', û^ , h_h . An open mouth implies that you are laughing or

shouting joyfully. You can also some parentheses to make a head for your smiley face, like so (ô^).

Add a friendly feel to your note couple of these ~ . These wavy tilde lines sweeten your words and make the final

sound long and drawn out. For example, Hi~~~ sounds super-friendly: Hiiii. Compare Hello and Hello~.

Doesnt that wavy line make you feel nice? I feel better already! These marks can also place emphasis, for

instance, Happy~~~ emphasizes your happiness.

Excitement!

If youre feeling excited about something, youve just gotta throw your hands up in the air and sing: \(^0^)/. Or you

can reply to your friends good news with a well -placed,! (oo-wa!; meaning, Wow!), ! (a-ssa!; meaning,

Oh yeah! or Awesome!) or ! (jjang!; meaning Boss!, Super!, or Great!). Send a little encouragement their way

with a! or!, which sounds like Fighting! and means, You can do it! Lets go! or Fighting spirit!

Or you could show them the stars in your eyes, ..

Laughter

If youre feeling extra giddy, imitate the sound of laughter with Korean characters: or(keke or keukeu,
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often written kk) and (hh) mean chuckles or laughing. Write giggles with (kede kede), short

for (kideuk kideuk). Sound cute by saying (heehee) or try a Western-style(haha).

or

(puhaha) means bwahaha or lol.

Flirting

A few giggles just wont cut it when youre feeling lovey-dovey. Try a wink, ^.~ , a kiss with puckered lips, ^3^ , or

a loving stare, .. Show off your flirty face or indicate that youre blushing from their compliment with one of

these, *^.^* or pay a compliment to the man in your life by calling him Superman and pointing out his bulging

muscles, ~m^0^m~ . You can even send a hug with two embracing emoticons! (>^_^)> .< to convey anger or a

Homer Simpson-esque Doh! . Use -_- or -.- show that youre annoyed or trying to hide annoyance.

If youre really mad though, toss that jerk a middle finger, or even two like this, or this,! You can even

punch them with a tiny fist moving through the air toward them, ! Just dont tell them that I taught you,

okay? ^.~ Finally,orandorcan also indicate trembling, which could be from anger,

fear, or just the cold.


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Agreement

Perhaps after that argument, youll come to a peaceful conclusion. Say okay with oror

. Express agreement, confirmation, or understanding with(eung). You could also use the

shortened, but be careful because depending on context it could sound more like a snippy Yeah, yeah or

Yeah, shut up.

Drinking

Alas, maybe that argument didnt work out so well. Its time to have some fun (ordrown your sorrows!) with

some soju. Feeling too tipsy? Tell your friend that youre drunk and dizzy, Feeling hung -over or a little

ill? 00 andillustrate vomiting Ew. Are you hugging the toilet and puking in a kneeling position?

Show it like this: TL I hope you never have to use this one!;;;;

Shock, Surprise, and Amazement

Show shock or surprise, o_O or o.O or BIG surprise, O.O . Indicate confusion or amazement with big or starry

eyes like this, @.@, +_+ or *.* and scratch your head to indicate thinking, ( _^)a . Express surprise or disbelief

with~ (heol) which basically means, Huh.


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Having Fun

Indicate dancing with repeated versions of these, ,(>^_^)> or these to show listening to music with

headphones on: d(^_^)b, o|^_^|o , o(^_^)o . Sleepiness is shown with (-.-)Zzz , ~_~ zZz , or =_= and you can

wake someone up with or Good morning! Get it? Make the go-to pose for taking pictures by making a

V for Victory like this, v(^-^)v or like this, ^-^V . Give two thumbs up like this, b(^_^)d . Make

a mischievous cat face, =^. = or a cute animal face, , '', "" . Tell someone Call me with Konglish,

, and shorten thanks to thx with this, .

Saying Goodbye

And there you have it, your crash course in Korean text and netspeak! Have I missed anything? Which one is

your favourite? Let me know in the comments! Until next time, Ill say goodbye. oror22.

Bye bye~~~!

Texting in Korean ^_^

Written bySuzy Chung on May 30, 2011 inLifestyle

So youre in Korea or youre a hardcore K-pop fan and find yourself spending a lot of time on the Korean fan

forums or youre planning to expand your business in Korea or just happen to be interested in Korea and the

Korean language for other cultural aspectswhatever your reasons, sooner or later youll be exposed to the

Korean style of texting or netspeak.

Like any other language that has adapted to the evolution of technology, Korean also found itself abundant with

new expressions to fit the mobile phone and internet age. With the appearance of smart phones, the language is

again going through different changes, but the basics havent changed much at least not yet. Concise and to

the point still remains the main goal.
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Texting has become a standard part of life

1. The technical

The keypads on Korean phones differ from company to company. In March of this year, the Korea

Communication Commissiondecided tostandardize the Korean keypads of mobile phones to the Cheonjiin

() system and will implement this regulation starting from June.Smartphones are an exception and will

have multiple systems available, and owners will be able to choose the method with which they are most

comfortable.
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The Cheonjiin () system

The Cheonjiin system is the simplest way of composing Korean letters. A vertical l ine, a horizontal line, and a dot

are all that is needed to create all the vowels in the Korean alphabet. For example:

| + =

+ =

| + + =

| + + | =

This system makes texting extremely fast, as you dont have to search for different letters on the keypad. For

double consonants such as , you press three times.
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Naratgeul (EZ Hangeul) system

Another system, Naratgeul (, EZ) has the base shaped vowel and consonants with the option of

adding an additional line (bottom left, ). In this system, double consonants are made by pressing the

bottom center button (). Examples:

+ additional line =

+ additional line =

+ additional line + additional line =

Unlike the Cheonjiin, this system can be a bit cumbersome to get the double and complex consonants, but some

people prefer this method.
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Minimalised view of the standard Korean keyboard

Then there is the regular keyboard system: most non-Korean brands usually use this design, as most of the

smart phones. Nothing to decipher here, every character possible is already there.

The Korean keyboard is easy to remember: all the vowels are on the right and all the consonants are on the left.

The hard sounding consonants are on the bottom, with consonants that can be doubled on the top.

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2. Some expressions

Everyone has their own style of speaking, and that would inevitably show up in their text. A lot of slang shows up

in text, due to its need for brevity. (I wish I could make a comprehensive list of Korean slangI was quite

surprised at the lack of informationbut that would be a whole different project and too long to list here.) Here

are some of the texts and expressions youd see quite often:

=== okay

== thank you

== bye bye

== trembling

Laughing shows up a lot. The number of letters varies depending on the hilarity of the situation for all these:

= kkk = kekeke (chuckling)

= hh = haha (also chuckling or laughing)

== bwahaha = lol

== giggling

And some others:

== understood, got it, I know

!=! = ! = Fighting! (Korean way of cheering/rooting)

== good, Id like to, I like it
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!= Boss! Great! Super!

~= huh~ = surprise, disbelief

= oh, well (nothing to add here, moving on)

== moisture in my eye = feeling sad for someone, oh noes!

~= alternative to finishing the sentence with ~, meant to sound cute

?= mistype of? = WTF?

= bwerk (amazing how similar this sounds in English and Korean)

== to be quite frank

== sorry for not being able to protect you

== no content (used when commenting on discussion boards without new content)

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3. Emoticons

I always thought it interesting how Western emoticons lie sideways, while Asian emoticons are upright. Although

there are hundreds of premade emoticons available these days, the standards are always used the most.

Most commonly used emoticons

Top row : Happy faces, the last being a flushed with happiness face
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- Sound when trying to hold in a laugh, such as 'Pft.'

Emoticons

Emoticon(s) Meaning

*_____*A stale face; used to express disappointment, boredom, or to indicate something was lame or

unfunny.

^^

Happy eyes.

If you want to add a mouth, usually . or _ is used, although there are many other substitutes. but if

you use this emoticon in debate, it is meant sarcastic smile.

Other variations:

^_^, ^.^

^0^, ^^

*^^* - blushing

^_~ A winking face. The typical ;) is also used and is more common.

-_-

Speechless or not amused Used when someone says something stupid, offensive, or annoying.

Sometimes it's like saying "are you serious?"

_Tears

//_// A shying face.

is supposed to be like an animal nose (think dog or cat).

Variations:

''

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