Of native Korean origin.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | ogeurogeul |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ogeul'ogeul |
| McCune–Reischauer? | ogŭrogŭl |
| Yale Romanization? | okul.okul |
| Yin-form | 우글우글 (ugeurugeul) |
|---|---|
| Yang-form | 오글오글 (ogeurogeul) |
오글오글 • (ogeurogeul)
| Ideophones related to 바글/버글 (bageul/beogeul, "teeming, bubbling") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Yang-vowel form |
Yin-vowel form
| ||
| 바글바글 (bageulbageul) 바그르르 (bageureureu) |
빠글빠글 (ppageulppageul) 빠그르르 (ppageureureu) |
버글버글 (beogeulbeogeul) 버그르르 (beogeureureu) |
뻐글뻐글 (ppeogeulppeogeul) 뻐그르르 (ppeogeureureu) |
| 보글보글 (bogeulbogeul) 보그르르 (bogeureureu) |
뽀글뽀글 (ppogeulppogeul) 뽀그르르 (ppogeureureu) |
부글부글 (bugeulbugeul) 부그르르 (bugeureureu) |
뿌글뿌글 (ppugeulppugeul) 뿌그르르 (ppugeureureu) |
Reduplication of 오글 (ogeul, ideophonic root), which is itself a neologism apparently related to the verbs 오그리다 (ogeurida, “to bend inwards (transitive)”) and 오그라들다 (ogeuradeulda, “to bend inwards (intransitive)”), most likely via the figurative sense of the fingers clenching while recoiling in embarrassment.
Some Korean-language Internet sites claim a specific 2002 Internet meme as the origin, but this is difficult to verify; in any case, the word is popular in real life as well as of 2020.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | ogeurogeul |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ogeul'ogeul |
| McCune–Reischauer? | ogŭrogŭl |
| Yale Romanization? | okul.okul |
오글오글 • (ogeurogeul)