Do you text? Use social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter? If so, you would most likely have used abbreviations or slangs such as “lol,” “brb,” and “ttyl.” These mean “laugh out loud,” “be right back,” and “talk to you later” respectively. These abbreviations are convenient, as they require less typing. Most of us are lazy, and so are Koreans! Korea also has many abbreviations, emoticons and internet slangs as well. The Korean digital language has evolved quite a lot, as many people found ways of Here are some of them, in no particular order:
“ㅋㅋ” If you recognize anything in this post, it will most likely be this one. Pronounced either as “kiki” or “keke” it is used to show laughter, like “lol.” The number of “ㅋ”s do not matter, the more the better! This is used widely-used, and arguably the most-widely used, so even if you learn nothing…
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