Oxford English Dictionary gets a K-update as it adds Korean words ‘hallyu’, ‘aegyo’ and ‘mukbang’ among others to its latest edition
Oxford English Dictionary added 26 new Korean words in reference to food, fashion and entertainment in its latest edition amid increasing global popularity of the South Korean culture.
For example, maybe the most popular hallyu band is BTS, the world's most known K-pop band, while Netflix’s 2021 production ‘Squid Game’ is now the most recent global hallyu. “The adoption and development of these Korean words in English also demonstrate how lexical innovation is no longer confined to the traditional centres of English in the United Kingdom and the United States,” the dictionary said.
Some newly added words are not directly Korean words, but rather existing English words with new senses.
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