💎 What you'll learn in this post
📌 Heads up before you read
Real expressions of K-Fans
피케팅 [pi-ke-ting]
⚡ Frequency of use by K-pop fans
★★★★★
⚡ Frequency of use in general
★★★★★
[pi-ke-ting] is short for 피가 튀길 정도로 치열한 티케팅 (ticketing so fierce it feels like blood could be spilled).
[pi-ke-ting] was coined to express the intense struggle of booking tickets for concerts, fan meetings, online registration for university courses, highway bookings, sports games, etc. It describes a situation so fierce that it feels like blood could be spilled from the intense competition with others.
✅ 피가 튀기다 (Idiom): The situation is extremely intense, as if blood is bursting and splashing because of the severity.
✅ -ㄹ 정도: To the extent that ~
✅ 치열하다: Fierce, Intense
✅ 티케팅: Ticketing
포도알 [po-do-al]
⚡ Frequency of use by K-pop fans
★★★★★
⚡ Frequency of use in general
★★★☆☆
Available seats
✅ 포도알: Grape berry
💥 Why did this expression come about?
The image below shows the seat selection screen you will see when you book tickets online.
The grayed out seats are already reserved, while the other seats are available for booking.
Doesn't the image above remind you of something?
Yes, Grapes !
[po-do-al] is a word that was created by comparing the available seats, marked in purple, to grapes and using this as a metaphor.
이선좌 [i-seon-jwa]
⚡ Frequency of use by K-pop fans
★★★★★
⚡ Frequency of use in general
★★★☆☆
Booked seats, Reserved seats
[i-seon-jwa] is short for 이미 선택된 좌석 (This seat has already been taken). It means that someone else reserved the seat you wanted before you could. 😨 It's a really sad situation.
✅ 이미: Already
✅ 선택/선택하다: Select, Choice
✅ 좌석: Seat
💬 Real Korean Expressions
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It's really hard to get BTS concert tickets because it's [pi-ke-ting].
BTS 콘서트 티켓 구하기 진짜 힘들어요. 피케팅이라 예매하기 어렵거든요.😵
→ It's really hard to get BTS concert tickets because the competition is so intense, it's like a bloodbath.
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I'm trying to book a ticket for the SEVENTEEN concert, but I can't even see any [po-do-al].
세븐틴 티케팅하는데 포도알 보지도 못했어요.😭
= I'm trying to book a ticket for the BTS concert, but I can't even see any available seats to book.
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I tried to book a ticket for the BLACKPINK concert, but every seat I picked was [i-seon-jwa]. Truly world-class.
블랙핑크 콘서트 예매하는데, 선택한 좌석마다 이선좌였어요. 역시 월드클래스.👍
= I tried to book a ticket for the BLACKPINK concert, but every seat I picked was already taken. Truly world-class.
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