[ KOREAN INTERNET CULTURE ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]
An attention seeker — someone whose behavior online or in person seems primarily engineered to draw eyes and reactions toward themselves, used as a pointed, often mocking label.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He posts something dramatic every single day for attention, total gwanjong behavior."
LORE & ORIGIN
Korean internet slang, short for 관심종자 ("attention species/breed"), coining a mock-taxonomic label for a recognizable behavioral type defined by attention-seeking.
FIRST SEEN
2010
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
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CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
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[ KOREAN INTERNET CULTURE ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]
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2010
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