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What Does This Mean?

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

Korean internet slang, from 혐오 ("disgust") and 짤 (a saved image), for an image that is disgusting or disturbing to look at. Communities use it as a content warning ("혐짤 주의"), and the image category can range from gross-out photos to violent or shocking pictures. A law Q&A page uses the term for disgusting photos posted in online communities.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Posting a 혐짤 without a warning tag got the thread removed."

LORE & ORIGIN

Combines 혐 (a clipping of 혐오, "disgust, aversion") with 짤, the word for a saved or shared image that has its own entry. A Korean legal Q&A page uses 혐짤 for a disgusting photo posted in an internet community, and a Korean wiki notes that 혐 is internet slang and a prefix drawn from 혐오 that is best avoided because it is derogatory. recent term; no dated source found yet.

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PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
2000s onward, still in use
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Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:짤극혐

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