💎 What you'll learn in this post
📌 Heads up before you read
Overnight Sensation Words
⚡ Frequency of use by K-pop fans
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⚡ Frequency of use in general
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읽씹 [il-ssip]
Left on read, Read and ignore
When chatting or exchanging messages, [il-ssip] means not replying to a message even after reading it. It’s like you "chewed up" their message and have nothing left to give back. When you see a '1' next to your mobile message, it means it was read but not replied to.
This word started with KakaoTalk but is now used for all chat messengers.
✅ 읽다[ik-tta]: Read
✅ 씹다[ssip-tta]: Chew
🔥 Boosting Korean Knowledge
✨ In English, 씹다[ssip-dda] can mean many things such as ignoring someone's words, not replying to messages (left on read), chewing food (chew, bite), deeply thinking about what someone said (keep thinking about), and speaking ill of someone (badmouth). ✨
🎁 Essential insights into Korean culture
The Meaning of the Number 1 in Chat Rooms
In KakaoTalk, when you send a message in [gaen-tok] (one-to-one chat), the number 1 appears and disappears as the message is read.
In [dan-tok-bbang] (group chats), the number displayed corresponds to the number of people in the chat room, and it decreases as people read the message.
💬 Real Korean Expressions in Conversation
👩🦰: Is something wrong?
너 무슨일 있어?
👨🦱: I'm really struggling...
나 너무 힘들어...
👩🦰: ?
?
👨🦱: I broke up with my girlfriend.
나 여자친구랑 헤어졌어ㅠㅠ
👩🦰: I figured... I thought it was weird that you were 읽씹[il-ssip]ing my messages lately...
어쩐지... 너 요즘 자꾸 내 카톡 읽씹해서 이상하다고 생각했어...
→ I figured... I thought it was weird that you were reading my messages but not replying lately...
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✨ LINE Chat stickers with phrases
Koreans use every day are now available ✨
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