코스프레

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Korean

Etymology

From Japanese コスプレ (kosupure).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?koseupeure
Revised Romanization (translit.)?koseupeule
McCune–Reischauer?k'osŭp'ŭre
Yale Romanization?khosu.phuley

Noun

코스프레 (koseupeure)

  1. cosplay (subculture centered on dressing as characters)
  2. (figuratively) pretending, faking
    착한 사람 코스프레chakhan saram koseupeurenice person cosplay; pretending to be a nice person

Derived terms

  • 일코 (ilko, hiding the fact that one belongs to an Internet subculture, literally ordinary person cosplay)