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General culture

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

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hoobae

Culture; General culture

Hoobae (후배) — also romanized as hubae — is a Korean honorific. As defined on Dramabeans, it refers to a “junior classmate or colleague. A less intimate and/or more professional term than dongsaeng. ...

ahjussi

Culture; General culture

As defined on the 9Korea website, “Ahjussi (아저씨) means 'middle-aged man' or 'married man' in Korean. Ahjussi can be used when calling an unfamiliar grown man; it is equivalent of calling a man ...

sunbae

Culture; General culture

Sunbae (선배) — also romanized as seonbae — is a Korean honorific. As defined on Seoulbeats, it is “a generic term for ‘senior’, and it can be used in the workplace or at school (though it is probably ...

netizen

Culture; General culture

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 ...

hyung

Culture; General culture

Hyung — which can also be romanized as hyeong — (형) is a Korean honorific. It means “older brother” and is used by men to refer to men who are older than them. Similar to oppa, while it can be used ...

omo

Culture; General culture

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 ...

Comorian

Language; World languages

Comorian is one of the three official languages spoken at the Comoros Islands. It is closely related to the East African dialect of Swahili. Comorian is spoken by more than 90% of the population on ...

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