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본캐

bon-kae · literally “main character”

Your real self / your day job identity

본캐는 회사원이야.

My main identity is office worker.

Where it comes from

본 (main) + 캐릭터 (character), from multi-account gaming.

More slang like this

  • 멘붕 men-bung — Brain meltdown, totally overwhelmed
  • 최애 choe-ae — Your absolute favourite (bias)
  • JMT jei-em-ti — Ridiculously delicious
  • TMI ti-em-ai — More detail than anyone asked for
  • 갑분싸 gap-bun-ssa — That awkward silence after a bad joke
  • 존맛 jon-mat — Insanely tasty (a little crude)

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