Popular culture

Popular culture

The vernacular or people's culture that prevails in a modern society.

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Gum chewing in Turkey

Entertainment; Popular culture

In some parts of Turkey you may want to think twice before whipping out the chewing gum. There is a belief that if you are chewing gum at night it is actually rotting dead flesh.

An inflight incident that forced a Korean Air plane back to the gate on December 5, 2014 sparked a major backlash in South Korea and hogged headlines around the world. Cho Hyun-ah, who was head of ...

technically incorrect

Culture; Popular culture

An expression used to describe rude behaviors by a person in the technology community that are inconsistent with established social norms for politeness or pleasantries. For example, a Python ...

Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley

Culture; Popular culture

The Vall del Madriu is located to the southeast of the principality and it includes the districts of Escaldes-Engordany, Encamp, Sant Julia de Loria and Andorra la Vella. Its diversity of the ...

fighting

Culture; Popular culture

Fighting (also written as hwaiting sometimes, due to the lack of the [f] sound in Korean) is word used to support someone. The definition of this term is further expanded on the Korean Language ...

OTP

Entertainment; Popular culture

Related to shipping, OTP is an acronym that means “one true pairing”. As explained on the entry for shipping, fans will usually come up with fictional couples involving their favorite idols. ...

shipping

Entertainment; Popular culture

As defined on Wikipedia, “Shipping, initially derived from the word relationship, is the desire by fans for two people, either real-life celebrities or fictional characters, to be in a relationship, ...