daebak
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Korean 대박 (daebak).
Adjective
editdaebak (comparative more daebak, superlative most daebak)
- (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
editdaebak
- (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.
- 2017, Marianne Faye Rafanan, "K-Drama: What's With the Hype?", The Bud (University of the Northern Philippines), January - May 2017, page 19: