Korean Culture & Customs

ㅇㅈ

i-jiut

chat initials (slang)

In chats, Koreans type only the leading consonants (초성체). ㅇㅈ = 인정 ('agreed/true'), ㄴㄴ = 노노 ('no no'), ㅗㅈ is a rude jab. Reading these fast is a marker of being fluent in online Korean.

Examples

Korean	English
그 말 진짜 맞아, ㅇㅈ! geu mal jinjja maja, i-jiut!	That's totally true, agreed!

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