What Does This Mean?

인싸

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: Korean Internet CultureCLUSTER: korean_social_labels

Korean slang for an "insider": a person who takes an active part in their group, gets along with many people and follows trends. It is the opposite of 아싸. The meaning widened from someone with a broad network to someone who is good at socialising and popular.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"He knows everyone at the party and has a story for each of them, a total 인싸."

LORE & ORIGIN

A clipping of the English loanword 인사이더 (insider), as Korean Wiktionary records. Namuwiki says 인싸 was coined in response to 아싸 around 2004, was rarely used through the early-to-mid 2010s, and spread widely on university campuses around 2017, after which TV and advertising presented it positively. Sports Khan's 2018 round-up of new words covers the intensified form 핵인싸.

FIRST SEEN

c. 2004 (Namuwiki); mainstream spread c. 2017

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2017 onward, still in use

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:인싸템 핵인싸

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

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AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

c. 2004 (Namuwiki); mainstream spread c. 2017

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