According to Yonhap News on January 7, the dictionary’s December 2024 update also included other Korean terms such as “noraebang”, “maknae”, “jjigae”, “tteokbokki” and “pansori”, bringing the total to seven new additions.
This marks the first inclusion of Korean-origin words in the Oxford English Dictionary in three years, following a significant update in September 2021.
The Oxford English Dictionary incorporated around 20 Korean words over 45 years, starting with “kimchi”, “makgeolli” and “ondol” in 1976. However, the 2021 update alone saw a surge of 26 new terms, reflecting the global impact of Korean pop culture.
This phenomenon aligns with the worldwide success of Korean OTT content like “Squid Game” and “Hellbound” and the increasing interest in Korean culture, fueled by K-pop, leading to a rise in Korean language learners globally.
Among the 2021 additions were “aegyo”, “banchan”, “bulgogi”, “chimaek”, “daebak”, “dongchimi”, “fighting”, “galbi”, “hallyu”, “hanbok”, “japchae”, “K-“, “K-drama”, “kimbap”, “Konglish”, “Korean wave”, “manhwa”, “mukbang”, “noona”, “oppa”, “unni”, “PC bang”, “samgyeopsal”, “skinship”, “tang soo do” and “trot”.
The dictionary describes “dalgona” as “a Korean confection made by adding baking soda to melted sugar, typically sold by street vendors in the form of a flat disc with a simple shape such as a heart, star, etc., carved on its surface“.
An example sentence comes from a 2022 Boston Globe article, “Netflix had just released ‘Squid Game’, the Korean smash hit that made fans flock to dalgona candy.”
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