오글오글

Korean

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [o̞ɡɯɾo̞ɡɯɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [오그로글]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ogeurogeul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ogeul'ogeul
McCune–Reischauer?ogŭrogŭl
Yale Romanization?okul.okul

Ideophone
Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 우글우글 (ugeurugeul)
Yang-form 오글오글 (ogeurogeul)

오글오글 • (ogeurogeul)

  1. (of people, animals, etc.) very thickly and teemingly (often in a repulsive way)
  2. (of a smaller amount of liquid) while boiling very loudly within a small area
Ideophones related to 바글/버글 (bageul/beogeul, "teeming, bubbling")
Yang-vowel form
Yin-vowel form
바글바글 (bageulbageul)
바그르르 (bageureureu)		빠글빠글 (ppageulppageul)
빠그르르 (ppageureureu)		버글버글 (beogeulbeogeul)
버그르르 (beogeureureu)		뻐글뻐글 (ppeogeulppeogeul)
뻐그르르 (ppeogeureureu)
보글보글 (bogeulbogeul)
보그르르 (bogeureureu)		뽀글뽀글 (ppogeulppogeul)
뽀그르르 (ppogeureureu)		부글부글 (bugeulbugeul)
부그르르 (bugeureureu)		뿌글뿌글 (ppugeulppugeul)
뿌그르르 (ppugeureureu)
와글와글 (wageurwageul)
와그르르 (wageureureu)
워글워글 (wogeurwogeul)
워그르르 (wogeureureu)
오글오글 (ogeurogeul)
오그르르 (ogeureureu)
우글우글 (ugeurugeul)
우그르르 (ugeureureu)

Etymology 2

Reduplication of 오글 (ogeul, ideophonic root), which is itself a neologism apparently related to the verbs 오그리다 (ogeurida, “to bend inwards (transitive)”) and 오그라들다 (ogeuradeulda, “to bend inwards (intransitive)”), most likely via the figurative sense of the fingers clenching while recoiling in embarrassment.

Some Korean-language Internet sites claim a specific 2002 Internet meme as the origin, but this is difficult to verify; in any case, the word is popular in real life as well as of 2020.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [o̞ɡɯɾo̞ɡɯɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [오그로글]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ogeurogeul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ogeul'ogeul
McCune–Reischauer?ogŭrogŭl
Yale Romanization?okul.okul

Ideophone

오글오글 • (ogeurogeul)

  1. (neologism, colloquial or slang) in a cheesy way, in a cringeworthy way
    Synonyms: 닭살 돋다 (daksal dotda), 남사스럽다 (namsaseureopda)
  • 오글거리다 (ogeulgeorida, “to be cheesy; to be cringeworthy”)
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