General culture

General culture

Common learned behavior patterns that are acquired by people as members of a society.

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Maknae (막내) is the youngest member of a family or a group. The definition of this term is further expanded on the Kimchi Cloud website: In Korean culture, age is deemed an important factor in almost ...

ahjumma

Culture; General culture

Ahjumma (아줌마) — also romanized as ajumma — is defined on Dramabeams as “A middle-aged woman. Can be used for a close friend of the family, or a stranger. Can be made more formal as ‘ajumoni’.” ...

omona

Culture; General culture

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 ...

aigoo

Culture; General culture

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 ...

noona

Culture; General culture

Noona (누나) is a Korean honorific. As stated on the Dramabeans website, “Traditionally, noona is what a boy calls his older sister, from childhood all the way through adulthood. It’s also a term ...

sasaeng

Personal life; Lifestyles

Sasaeng (사생) (also referred to as “sasaeng fan”) is a term used to describe fans who take extreme measures to get close to idols. They are known to stalk idols and try to follow their every move, ...

unnie

Culture; General culture

Unnie — which can also be romanized as eonni, unni, eonnie, eunni, eunnie, or onnie — (언니) is a Korean honorific. It means “older sister” and is a term used solely by women to address women older ...