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These 10+ Korean Words Have Just Been Added To The English Dictionary
These Korean words made it into “the definitive record of the English language!” The oxford definitions are given at the link below.
https://www.koreaboo.com/news/10-korean-words-just-added-english-dictionary/
These are now 26 entries in the OED new edition of Korean origin words, romanized:
Aegyo*
Daebak*
Fighting*
Hallyu
Hanbok
K-
Kdrama
Kongglish
Manwha
Mukbang
Noona
Oppa
PCbang
Skinship*
Tang Soo Do
Trot*
Onni*
Unni*
8 food words:
Bonus: All The Food
In addition to the words above, the OED added 8 words all related to Korean cuisine! These are banchan* (side dishes), bulgogi (thin beef or pork), chimaek *(fried chicken served with beer), dongchimi (a type of kimchi made with radishes), galbi (beef short ribs), japchae (noodles), kimbap (rice and other ingredients wrapped in seaweed), and samgyeopsal (pork belly). Hungry yet? We definitely are!
In addition to the words above, the OED added 8 words all related to Korean cuisine! These are banchan* (side dishes), bulgogi (thin beef or pork), chimaek *(fried chicken served with beer), dongchimi (a type of kimchi made with radishes), galbi (beef short ribs), japchae (noodles), kimbap (rice and other ingredients wrapped in seaweed), and samgyeopsal (pork belly). Hungry yet? We definitely are!
*I've marked the 10 new entries to the OED with an asterisk based on this source:
한국에서만 사용하는 호칭인 ‘noona( 누나 )’, ‘oppa( 오빠 )’, ‘unni( 언니 )’도 주목할 만하다. 우리가 일상 속에서 자주 사용하는 ‘daebak( 대박 )’, ‘aegyo( 애교 )’, ‘banchan( 반찬 )’, ‘chimaek( 치맥 )’, ‘fighting( 파이팅 )’, ‘skinship( 스킨십 )’, ‘trot( 트로트 )’와 같은 단어도 다수 추가됐다. 옥스퍼드 영어사전에 새롭게 추가된 한국어 단어 26 개는 다음과 같다.
먹방’, ‘스킨십’, ‘대박’ 등, 옥스퍼드 영어사전에 새롭게 추가된 한국어 단어는? Sep 10, 2021 BY
Hyeonuk Joo, Hypebeast;
https://hypebeast.kr/2021/9/oxford-english-dictionary-add-korean-word-daebak-k-drama-hanbok-oppa-unni
These sources look like Korean blogs, So nothing official here, I don't have access to the OED. Cross posted in the Asian Group.
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