daebak

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 대박 (daebak).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

daebak (comparative more daebak, superlative most daebak)

  1. (South Korean idol fandom) Awesome, cool.
    • 2014 June, “Teenage Goes To Korea”, in Teenage, page 43:
      This street stall is daebak!
    • 2018 October 14, “Five Swoon-Worthy Korean Actors To Watch Out For”, in Manila Standard, page D3:
      His variety and drama shows are just daebak!
    • 2019, Kine Fjeld Jansen, "Pop culturally motivated lexical borrowing: Use of Korean in an English-majority fan forum", thesis submitted to the University of Bergen, page 76:
      ‘Daebak’ is used satirically, but mostly it is one of the interjections which appear to be used sincerely. This could be due to it being faster and easier to type out on a normal keyboard than ‘awesome’, while also carrying a degree of prestige or association with the culture the users feel is ‘daebak’.

Interjection

daebak

  1. (South Korean idol fandom) Wow.
    • 2017, Marianne Faye Rafanan, "K-Drama: What's With the Hype?", The Bud (University of the Northern Philippines), January - May 2017, page 19:
      I suggest you listen to "The Liar and his Lover" and "Goblin OST". Daebak!
    • 2017 September 28, “GMA Telebabad's back-to-back treats”, in Manila Standard, page 1:
      Slowly, Gia's fangirl dreams unfolded in her eyes and she planed on making Jun Ho fall in love with her for real. Will this fake marriage turn into a real one? Daebak!
    • 2019, anonymous, quoted in Kine Fjeld Jansen, "Pop culturally motivated lexical borrowing: Use of Korean in an English-majority fan forum", thesis submitted to the University of Bergen, page 75:
      This is going to be a serious jam. Same sort of electronic vibes Expectation has. Daebak.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:daebak.

See also

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