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"K-pop" is an abbreviation of "Korean Pop", which is a musical genre that encompasses popular music from South Korea. It incorporates elements from several other genres, such as R&B, hip-hop, rock, electronic and dance-pop. It is also characterized by being a highly visual experience, since a lot of emphasis is put on the idols' appearance and dancing performances. It has been met with ever-increasing popularity since the 90s, to the point that it has been fueling — alongside South Korean dramas, films and technology — the advance of the Hallyu (Korean wave) throughout not only neighboring nations, but also the West. This blossary aims to define terms that are commonly used among K-pop fans.

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Hoobae (후배) — also romanized as hubae — is a Korean honorific. As defined on Dramabeans, it refers to a “junior classmate or colleague. A less intimate and/or more professional term than dongsaeng. ...

Domain: Culture; Category: General culture

Sunbae (선배) — also romanized as seonbae — is a Korean honorific. As defined on Seoulbeats, it is “a generic term for ‘senior’, and it can be used in the workplace or at school (though it is probably ...

Domain: Culture; Category: General culture

Ahjumma (아줌마) — also romanized as ajumma — is defined on Dramabeams as “A middle-aged woman. Can be used for a close friend of the family, or a stranger. Can be made more formal as ‘ajumoni’.” ...

Domain: Culture; Category: General culture

As defined on the 9Korea website, “Ahjussi (아저씨) means 'middle-aged man' or 'married man' in Korean. Ahjussi can be used when calling an unfamiliar grown man; it is equivalent of calling a man ...

Domain: Culture; Category: General culture

Maknae (막내) is the youngest member of a family or a group. The definition of this term is further expanded on the Kimchi Cloud website: In Korean culture, age is deemed an important factor in almost ...

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Dongsaeng (동생) is a Korean honorific. As defined on the Dramabeans website, “Meaning ‘younger sibling,’ [it] can refer to a true blood sibling, or a close friend whom you treat as a younger sibling.” ...

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Unnie — which can also be romanized as eonni, unni, eonnie, eunni, eunnie, or onnie — (언니) is a Korean honorific. It means “older sister” and is a term used solely by women to address women older ...

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