[ KOREAN INTERNET CULTURE ][ GEN Z BRAINROT ]
The sudden, awkward chill that falls over a room or conversation after someone says or does something that kills the mood — a group's collective "...anyway" moment.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He brought up the breakup at dinner and it was instant gapbunssa."
LORE & ORIGIN
Korean internet slang, an abbreviation of 갑자기 분위기 싸해짐 ("the mood suddenly turns cold"), condensing the full descriptive phrase into a compact four-syllable term for that specific instant of collective awkward silence.
FIRST SEEN
2016
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Korean Internet Canon)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
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