Modern Korean Slang & Expressions

겉친구

geotchingu

The concept

塑料情谊 (fake friendship)

'Surface friend' — a shallow, fake-nice friendship with no real bond. 가식 = pretense/put-on niceness. Looks close, isn't.

Korean	English
앞에서만 웃는 걸 보니 그냥 겉친구였나 봐. apeseoman utneun geol boni geunyang geotchinguyeotna bwa.	They only smile to my face — guess it was just a plastic friendship.

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