Korean Program’s weekly program ‘K-Trends Exploration’ presented by ‘The Curious DJ’ looks into the rapidly rising trend in the use of abbreviated acronyms and abbreviations in Korea.
[K-Trends Exploration] "WTH?”...Rise of abbreviated slang in Korean
"WTH?”...Rise of abbreviated slang in Korean Source: Getty Image/Clipart
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The inundation of Korean short words of the so-called ‘abbreviated slang’ routinised by the MZ generation bewilders both the older generation in the homeland and Koreans living abroad. Acronyms and abbreviations close to slang are widely used and accepted as new words in Korea.
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