Top 1-10 Refined Words in Q3 2024. Provided by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
, ‘The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 30th that it refined 28 foreign terms that have been introduced into our society in the third quarter of this year into Korean words that are easier to understand.’,
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, ‘The National Institute of Korean Language reviewed and passed the refined word candidates through a survey of public acceptance, which was then considered and approved by the Korean Language Deliberation Committee’s Korean Language Refinement Subcommittee.’,
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, ‘The survey evaluated the acceptance of the Korean alternatives for foreign terms among 2,500 men and women aged 15 and older nationwide.’,
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, ‘The 28 terms refined into Korean this time include expressions frequently used in daily life.’,
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, “The term that received the most positive evaluation was ‘혈당 급상승’ (rapid blood sugar rise), a refined version of ‘혈당 스파이크’ (blood sugar spike). It describes the rapid increase in blood sugar after food intake and was positively evaluated by 92.5% of respondents.”,
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, “Other terms selected as well-refined words include ‘역량 강화’ (capacity building) for ‘upskilling’, ‘반려동물 돌보미’ (pet caregiver) for ‘pet sitter’, and ‘재정비’ (restructuring) for ‘rebuilding’.”,
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, “In addition, words like ‘빌런’ (villain), ‘바디프로필’ (body profile), and ‘크루’ (crew) were newly refined.”,
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, “From this year, the National Institute of Korean Language selects 3-4 refined word candidates for new foreign terms every two weeks from the ‘New Word Gathering’, followed by a survey of public acceptance and deliberation by the Korean Language Refinement Subcommittee, thereby strengthening the status of the final refined word. The refined words can be found in the ‘Refined Words’ section on the National Institute of Korean Language’s website.”,
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, ‘The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism stated, “We plan to continue swiftly identifying and refining new foreign terms to aid the public in using easy Korean and actively promote these through online media such as social networks.”‘]