Learn Real Korean Slang

Learn Real Korean Slang for 인싸, 아싸, 존맛탱, 뇌피셜, 현타

As English has lots of slang, Korean also has lots and as a language, the slang are appeared and disappeared.

So I introduce recent Korean slangs.

1. 인싸(inssa), 아싸(assa)

인싸(in-ssa) is short for 'insider'. The insider means a person who is fashionable, extrovert, friendly. Simply it isn't the person like an outsider.
아싸(a-ssa) is the abbreviation of an outsider. As English dictionary says an outsider is a person who does not belong to a particular group.

And you can see or hear 핵인싸(hack in-ssa). 핵인싸(hack in-ssa) is 핵(hack) + 인싸(in-ssa). 핵(hack) means nuclear. It intends to give a word behind very strong feeling. And the feeling can be positive and negative. It's like 'as fuck'.
So 핵인싸(hack in-ssa) means very great 인싸(in-ssa).

And other use of 핵(hack) is 핵노잼(hack no-jam). 노잼(no-jam) means 'no funny', so 핵노잼(hack no-jam) means 'no funny as fuck'.

2. 존맛탱(jonmastaeng, jon-mat-taeng) or JMT

존맛탱 is kind of a shortened words but I'm not sure where it is from. Anyway, it means 'this is really taste as fuck'.

3. 뇌피셜(noepisyeol)

뇌피셜(neo-pi-syeol) has the meaning of official fact by someone-self. What it means that someone says something that he/she thinks the something is true and logical, but the thought is only from his/her brain. 뇌(neo) from 뇌피셜(noepisyeol) is a brain and 피셜(pi-syeol) means 'official'.

4. 현타(hyeonta), 현자 타임(hyeonja time)

현타(hyeonta) is an abbreviation of 현자 타임(hyeonja time). 현자(Hyeonja) means a wise man(sage), so if someone says 'I have 현자 타임(hyeonja time) or 현타(hyeonta).', it means like I'm like a wise man for now. And this expression comes from kind of sexual activities such as masturbation and being after sexual intercourse. When right after having sex, people usually have feeling or mood of calm or relaxed. So with that mood people may make a good decision like a wise man who is always calm and relaxed.
So when you have the urge of buying something that you cannot afford, and then you realize your situation and give up buying. That moment of the realization is called 현자타임.