Sasaeng(s) –shortened form of sasaenghwal, meaning private or personal life. These are overzealous, delusional (and sometimes dangerous) fans.

Annyeonghaseyo – Formal greeting of ‘hello’, how you would greet someone who is older than you, or higher status than you (i.e. not to children).

Yeoboseyo – How Koreans say ‘hello’ when answering the phone.

Algessumnida – a formal way of saying ‘yes, I understand’ or ‘understood’.

Hyung – the term used for older brother if you’re a male; also used as a title of sorts to describe a closer relationship between two males, a younger male will address the older male as such (when given permission).

Oppa – the term used for older brother if you’re a female; also used as a title of sorts to describe a closer relationship between a female and an older male (when given permission).

Noona – the term used for older sister if you’re a male; also used as a title of sorts to describe a closer relationship between a younger male and an older female.

Eomeonim – Formal address for ‘mother’; you would use this term when speaking about someone else’s mother or greeting someone else’s mother.

Abeonim – Formal address for ‘father’; you would use this term when speaking about someone else’s father or greeting someone else’s father.

Eomeoni/Eomma – a more casual address of ‘mother’/‘mom’

Abeoji/Appa – a more casual address of ‘father’/ ‘dad’

Adeul – the term for son

Yeobo – term of affection ‘honey’

Maknae – youngest member of the group

Banchan – small side dishes that accompany the main Korean meal (some of these include: kimchi, pickled radish, soybean sprouts, etc.)

Japchae – a dish of stir-fried glass noodles and vegetables

Gochujang – red chili paste that’s used as a base for most Korean dishes

Chapssaltteok – Korean-style mochi; a rice cake filled with sweet red bean paste.

Tteokbokki  – a popular street food, also known as spicy rice cakes.

Netizen – slang word for a “citizen of the internet”

-ssi (suffix) – A suffix you would attach after a person’s full name (or just the first name if you’re closer) to sound more polite. Pronounced as ‘she’.

- nim (suffix) – A suffix you would attach after a person’s name or title to give the upmost respect, the highest form of honorifics.

Samgyeopsal – grilled pork belly

Selca – the Konglish word for “selfie”

Soju – a Korean distilled alcoholic clear beverage that’s made from rice, wheat or barley.

They come in green glass bottles and you drink it neat. It also comes in an assortment of fruit flavours with a lower alcohol content.

OT5 – your bias is all five members of a given group (like Trickshot)

Fancam – a video taken by a fan in the audience of their idols (some focusing solely on their bias), during a live performance or an award show

Fansign – a signing event for fans of K-pop groups (and other Korean celebrities). Fans for idol groups at these events are chosen through a lottery system after purchase of a physical album

Bias – your own favourite member of a given K-pop group

Bias Wrecker – the member that threatens your bias (i.e. favouritism) of another member and becomes your bias (usually, not always).

Comeback – the event where any K-pop artist releases new music (could be an EP, mini album, full-length album).