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A quick consonant-only abbreviation of gwiyeowo (귀여워, "cute") — ㄱㅇㅇ, using just the first consonant of each syllable — typed as a fast reaction to something adorable.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"ㄱㅇㅇ that puppy video just broke me"

LORE & ORIGIN

Korean internet chat convention (choseong-che, using only a word's initial consonants) applied to 귀여워 (gwiyeowo, "[it's] cute"), compressing it to the three-consonant string ㄱㅇㅇ for maximum typing speed in fast-moving chat/comment sections.

FIRST SEEN
2010
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Korean Internet Canon)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN好可爱 / 可爱死了 →日本語 ja-JPかわよ / かわいい →한국어 ko-KRㄱㅇㅇ →Español es-ESㄱㅇㅇ →Português pt-BRㄱㅇㅇ →Français fr-FRㄱㅇㅇ →
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