Kpop Jargon
-the most commonly-used words a fan girl should master.
4D (for-dee) – commonly used to define a celebrity’s personality, 4D means a quirky, out-of-the-box, unique, weird, or creative way of thinking
Example: FT Island’s Seunghyun is so 4D, especially on his episode ‘Good Morning Bob’.
cf (see-eff) – vernacular for “commercial film” pertaining to commercials or advertisements for TV/radio/print/web, etc.
Example: Have you seen Part 2 of the Carribean Bay CF starring 2PM and SNSD yet?
mv (em-vee) – vernacular for “music video”
Example: Rumor has it that the trend in MVs for 2011 is to make them in 3D.
ng (en-jee) – vernacular for “not good” or more accurately, bloopers/outtakes from film reels, magazines shoots, CFs, MVs, etc.
Example: I can’t wait to download all the NG screencaps from the latest SHINee MV.
netizen (ne-tuh-zen) – “net citizen;” Internet user
Example: Obsessive netizens were responsible for the now-infamous blood letters that some idols received in 2009.
prection (preck-shun) – Netizen slang for “precious,” from a botched tattoo of SuJu’s Kangin, which says, “actions are more prection than words”
Example: Those babypictures of Dara piggybacking Thunder are just prection.
schedule (skeh-dyul) – an agenda or a timetable. In Konglish, it means a specific task
Example: BIGBANG’s Seungri complained to his manager hyung that they had too many schedules lined up for today.
selca (sell-kah) – shortened vernacular for “self-camera,” or self-taken pictures or videos
Example: BEG’s Ga-In takes the best selcas-she loves to show off her perfect V-line.
Skinship (skin-ship) – Konglish for close physical contact of two or more people, like touching, holding hands, snuggling, etc.
Example: Khuntoria’s episodes ‘We Got Married’ have way more skinship than those of Yeongseo.
Stage (stay-jee) – Konglish for “performance,” as in live programs or concerts.
Example: Did any of you catch After School’s surprise stage on ‘MuBank’ last week?
credit: Sparkling Magazine