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A self-inflicted disaster — trouble someone brought entirely on themselves through their own choices, described with a mix of schadenfreude and "well, you asked for it."

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"미리 경고했는데도 안 들었잖아, 완전 스불재지."

LORE & ORIGIN

Korean internet slang, an abbreviation of 스스로 불러온 재앙 ("a disaster one summoned upon oneself"), used to describe misfortune that's clearly and directly the result of the affected person's own actions.

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2019
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2026 (Korean Internet Canon)
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