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🤖챗며들다

/chaet-myeo-deul-da/

챗며들다 (chaet-myeo-deul-da) means that ChatGPT or AI chatbots have gradually blended into someone’s daily life or work until they feel natural and almost essential. It combines “ChatGPT” with the Korean slang pattern “~며들다,” from 스며들다, meaning to seep in or grow on someone.
챗며들다 meaning visual explanation
🌍 Global internet culture✨ OtherFirst seen 2023

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챗며들다 appears to have formed after ChatGPT became widely used in Korea, combining the borrowed service name “ChatGPT” with the productive Korean slang ending “~며들다.” The exact first post or platform is unclear, so 2023 is a reasonable approximate year based on the rapid spread of ChatGPT-related everyday vocabulary.

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  • "I used to search everything myself, but now I ask ChatGPT first. I think I’ve really gotten chaet-myeo-deul-da."
  • "Our team uses AI for summaries, drafts, and translation now, so the whole office has kind of become chaet-myeo-deul-da."

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