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썸

sseom · literally “some(thing)”

The maybe-dating stage before it's official

우리 아직 썸 타는 중이야.

We're still in that almost-dating phase.

Where it comes from

From English 'something' — as in something's going on.

More slang like this

  • 대박 dae-bak — Awesome / no way! (good or bad shock)
  • 짱 jjang — The best, awesome
  • 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

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