27 Basic Necessary Vocabulary For K-Pop Fans To Start With And Understand K-Pop World In Korean

In the K-Pop world, there are specific English words and slang that you can use to communicate with friends and on community. However, it has some limits.

In some situations, you need to know some Korean vocabulary specifics to idols and sometimes they are not in the dictionary! There are various cases when you could need them, for example, your idol is live and talks about his schedule, or if you come to Korea and are looking for K-Pop activities and friends, or if you start to follow big accounts on Twitter that communicate in Korean, etc. Plenty of reasons to start learning some basic vocabulary in Korean.

Here is the vocabulary list of Korean words related to fangirling and idols’ schedule from beginner to advanced. There are obviously many more.

With 덕 [deok]

Deokhu [deok-hu]: To have a huge passion and interest for something or someone.

virtue [deok-jil]: Fangirling.

Chodeok [cho-deok]: A beginner of fangirling.

I love you [ip-deok]: Start of fangirling.

Deokdeok [tal-deok]: End of fangirling.

sanctity [seong-eok]: A successful fan.

ducking out [deok-ming out]: Do a “coming out” of being a fangirl/fanboy. When other people know that you are fangirling.

Deokme [deok-me]: A friend that is also a fangirl/fanboy.

deokdeokdeok [eo-deok-haeng-deok]: If I am going to be a fangirl/fanboy, let’s be happy.

Deokgye Pond [deok-gye-mot]: The opposite of a successful fan. You don’t meet the star and etc.

Deoktong Accident [deok-dong-sa-go]: Like a car accident, you’ve become a fangirl/fanboy.

Others than 덕 [deok]

favorite [choi-ae]: My bias.

love [cha-ae]: My bias wrecker.

Homma [Hom-ma]: standing for home-master. Fansite master. They take pictures and videos of one celebrity. You can find most of them on Twitter.

Ilco [il-ko]: You are pretending to be a normal person. No one knows you are a fangirls/fanboys.

muggle [muggle]: Do you know muggle from “Harry Potter”? Those who have no magic. In the K-Pop world, that means someone who is not a fan.

fansign [fan-ssa]: Fansign.

security [si-kyu]: A security guard.

cue sheet [kyu-si-teu]: The cue sheet of one concert.

madness [kwang-tal]: Eliminated from something.

live [saeng-bang]: Live show.

studio [kong-bang] stands for public broadcasting [kong-gae-bang-song]: Public broadcast where your idols might be performing.

Sanhok [sa-nok] stands for pre-recording [sa-jeon nok-hwa]: Recording of some show.

Pom Rim [pom-rim]: Registration through form application.

truth [cham-rim]: Registration through form application through Daum Cafe.

thick layer [bbaek-cheung]: Someone who knows those with authority, for example, those working in music shows. They get in through connections. You call these people like this.

reverse tribute [yeok-jo-kong]: When idols give back to fans. For example, MONSTA X giving fans food.