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`Rizotto,` `selca` make it into Korea`s contemporary dictionary
By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- A dictionary including some 40,000 new words commonly
used in contemporary South Korea will be published in time for the anniversary of
the Korean alphabet Hangeul this week, scholars said Wednesday.
The 390,000-word dictionary, which took 17 years to complete, is based on the
Corpus Linguistics, in which existing terms are combined to form new words, and
is comprised of the most commonly used vocabulary words in newspapers, books and
other published materials, said Korea University's Institute of Korean Culture.
The dictionary will be published by the institute Thursday, a day before South
Korea marks the anniversary of the creation of Hangeul. The Korean alphabet turns
563 years old this year.
The dictionary includes not only commonly-used foreign words like rizotto,
psychopath and b-boy, but also such terms as "selca" and "ggotminam" that emerged
out of South Korea's Internet-driven youth culture.
Selca, a compound of "self" and "camera," refers to taking a self portrait by
turning the camera toward one's face. Ggotminam, a compound of the Korean words
for flower, "ggot," and a handsome man, "minam," refers to a good looking man
with delicate and feminine features.
These and similar expressions were spontaneously created and spread via the Web.
South Korea is one of the most wired countries in the world with more than 85
percent of households connected to broadband Internet.
Although such words have been commonly used in newspapers and official documents,
it is the first time that they have appeared in a dictionary.
The dictionary also includes new meanings of older words. For instance, the word
"pulda," which originally meant to untie or unpack, is also now used to mean the
"loosening (of a person's curly hair)."
"This dictionary will serve as a milestone for a new era of dictionary
publication," the institute said in a press release. "We used brand new
compilation methods to create a brand new dictionary."
hayney@yna.co.kr
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SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- A dictionary including some 40,000 new words commonly
used in contemporary South Korea will be published in time for the anniversary of
the Korean alphabet Hangeul this week, scholars said Wednesday.
The 390,000-word dictionary, which took 17 years to complete, is based on the
Corpus Linguistics, in which existing terms are combined to form new words, and
is comprised of the most commonly used vocabulary words in newspapers, books and
other published materials, said Korea University's Institute of Korean Culture.
The dictionary will be published by the institute Thursday, a day before South
Korea marks the anniversary of the creation of Hangeul. The Korean alphabet turns
563 years old this year.
The dictionary includes not only commonly-used foreign words like rizotto,
psychopath and b-boy, but also such terms as "selca" and "ggotminam" that emerged
out of South Korea's Internet-driven youth culture.
Selca, a compound of "self" and "camera," refers to taking a self portrait by
turning the camera toward one's face. Ggotminam, a compound of the Korean words
for flower, "ggot," and a handsome man, "minam," refers to a good looking man
with delicate and feminine features.
These and similar expressions were spontaneously created and spread via the Web.
South Korea is one of the most wired countries in the world with more than 85
percent of households connected to broadband Internet.
Although such words have been commonly used in newspapers and official documents,
it is the first time that they have appeared in a dictionary.
The dictionary also includes new meanings of older words. For instance, the word
"pulda," which originally meant to untie or unpack, is also now used to mean the
"loosening (of a person's curly hair)."
"This dictionary will serve as a milestone for a new era of dictionary
publication," the institute said in a press release. "We used brand new
compilation methods to create a brand new dictionary."
hayney@yna.co.kr
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