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🇰🇷 South Korea

🥩갈비

/gal-bi/

갈비 (gal-bi) is a Korean abbreviation of “갈수록 비호감,” meaning someone becomes more unlikeable the more you see their behavior or personality. It is used as a critical or mocking comment when a person’s image keeps getting worse over time.
갈비 meaning visual explanation

Examples

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  • "I liked him at first, but every new clip makes him more 갈비."
  • "The more that influencer explains, the more unlikeable they get."
🌀 Multiple origins🌀 MultipleFirst seen 2020

Origin · Source

The phrase comes from the abbreviation of “갈수록 비호감,” literally “the more it goes on, the more unlikeable.” Its exact first use is unclear, but it fits Korean comment-section and community slang where long phrases are clipped into short, punchy labels.

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