In this K-pop deep dive dictionary wordbook, we are going to deal with the words that appeared in the contents of the BOYNEXTDOOR’s ‘"MZ Geneartion Is The Problem These Days"ㅣMZ Generation’s Representative Idol’s Shocking RemarksㅣCan’t Even Wear Pants Due To Overheating Of Talk (?)ㅣNice Guys’ Sophistry Party ㅣBOYNEXTDOOR Debate’. episode.

🎙️ [geotbasokchok]

🎙️ A short term for ‘Crispy on the outside and moist on the inside’

It is used to describe the texture of food, it’s an abbreviation that comes from the first letters of the word, ‘crispy on the outside and moist on the inside’. Foods with a soft texture are popular because you can feel two different textures in one dish, and even the two are reversed. Recently, people compare the soft texture to a person’s personality, which means that it looks strong on the outside but soft on the inside. 

💬Katsu is really delicious. 
💬Yes because it’s geotbasokchok~

🎙️[eogeuro]

🎙️A word that means a person who wants to get attention and draws attention 

eogeuro is a word derived from the English word  ‘aggravation’ meaning ‘provocation’, which refers to a person who attracts attention by posting provocative content on Internet message boards or engaging in malicious behavior. The word ‘eogeuro’ is used for attracting attention, and the verb ‘attracting eogeuro’ is used for attracting attention. It was used as an Internet term, but it is also used for people who say and do things unnecessarily in order to gain attention in reality. 

💬 A lot of people are saying their personal comments today

💬 It’s all eogeuro

 

🎙️ [ponOO]

🎙️A word that means something that does not exist or something that has not actually been done

It’s a meme that started with a user writing on the Internet community, “I saw someone with a last name ‘Pon’. It’s amazing”. When several users asked if he really meant it, the writer gave a bizarre answer, “I saw it, I made it up”, and since then ponOO has been used as a prefix to mean non-existent beings or actions they didn’t actually do. 

💬 I am going to meet my boyfriend today

💬 You don’t have a boyfriend, is it ponBoyfriend?

🎙️[kebake]

🎙️ It’s an abbreviation of Case by case

It is a short term for Case by Case, which means ‘depending on the situation’. I usually use it when we need to consider the number of cases or can’t give a clear answer. The words derived from kebake are ‘sabasa’ meaning People by people and Hwebahwe meaning Company by company.

💬 Does the 5th row in standing position has good sight?

💬It’s kebake

※Hanteo Global’s K-Pop Culture Lab aims to create standards for K-pop and make it easier for all K-pop fans around the world to access and enjoy K-pop. That is why it is running a series called ‘K-pop Deep Dive Dictionary’ that introduces the terms and expressions used by K-pop fans! Let’s hope this series will help international K-pop fans better understand the various cultures and memes of K-pop!