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Spiciness

🧒알파세대

/al-pa-se-dae/

알파세대 means Generation Alpha, the cohort born after Gen Z, usually discussed as digital-native children growing up with smartphones, AI, short-form video, and highly personalized media.

🌍 Global internet culture🌎 English internetFirst seen 2005

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The term comes from English Generation Alpha, often associated with generational research after Gen Z. In Korea, 알파세대 spread through media, education, parenting, marketing, and trend reports, with usage becoming more common as children born in the 2010s became visible as a new consumer and culture group.

ex)

"My little cousin is totally 알파세대; she talks to AI like it is just another app."
"Brands are already studying how 알파세대 searches, watches, and buys differently from Gen Z."

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🎧듣폴트

deut-pol-teu

Deut-pol-teu means a Korean media-consumption trend where listening becomes the default: people play videos, Shorts, YouTube, podcasts, or talk-heavy content in the background and enjoy them mainly by ear. The word blends 듣다, meaning “to listen,” with the English word “default.”

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"I don’t really watch that channel anymore; it’s perfect deut-pol-teu while I clean."

📺 Video streaming▶️ YouTube2025

originThe expression appears in 2025 Z-generation trend coverage as a blend of 듣다 and default, describing the habit of turning video content into background audio rather than actively watching it. Its exact first use is unclear, but it spread as a media-consumption keyword alongside related trend terms such as 폴더소비 and 셀고리즘.

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📱스몸비

seu-mom-bi

A Korean internet expression from “smombie,” a blend of smartphone and zombie, used for someone walking while absorbed in their phone and barely noticing their surroundings.

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"Don’t become a smombie at the crosswalk—look up before you cross."

🌍 Global internet culture🌍 Global meme2015

originThe term comes from the global meme expression “smombie,” blending “smartphone” and “zombie.” It spread as a warning label for phone-absorbed pedestrians, especially in safety campaigns and online discussions about distracted walking.

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😰FOMO

po-mo

FOMO stands for “Fear Of Missing Out.” It describes the anxiety that everyone else is enjoying a trend, opportunity, event, or investment gain while you are being left behind. In Korea, it is often used in SNS, consumer trends, and stock/crypto contexts, similar to 포모 or 포모증후군.

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"I bought it just because everyone was posting about it. Total FOMO."

🌍 Global internet culture🌎 English internet2004

originThe acronym FOMO became known from the English phrase “Fear Of Missing Out” in the early 2000s and spread widely through social media culture. In Korean usage, 포모 expanded from general social anxiety into marketing, trend-chasing, and investment psychology.

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