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짱

jjang · literally “the top”

The best, awesome

우리 엄마 요리는 짱이야.

My mom's cooking is the best.

Where it comes from

1990s schoolyard slang for the toughest kid, now praise for anything.

More slang like this

  • 대박 dae-bak — Awesome / no way! (good or bad shock)
  • 불금 bul-geum — Fire Friday — the night the week ignites
  • 치맥 chi-maek — Fried chicken with beer, the national combo
  • 인싸 in-ssa — A social butterfly, always in the middle of things
  • 아싸 a-ssa — A happy loner who skips the group stuff
  • 혼밥 hon-bap — Eating a meal by yourself, on purpose

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