🌐 Internet culture✂️ Abbreviation⚪ Neutral
🇰🇷 South Korea
🙇존모
/jon-mo/
존모 (jon-mo) means “polite-speech mode,” shortened from 존댓말 모드. It is used online when people agree to keep using honorific Korean instead of switching to casual speech.
Examples
2- "We are not that close yet, so let’s stay in 존모 for now."
- "This group chat uses 존모 by default, so please use polite speech."
💬 Online community🌀 MultipleFirst seen 2010
Origin · Source
존모 likely spread alongside 반모, short for 반말 모드, in Korean online communities, fan spaces, chatrooms, and social media. The exact first use is unclear, but it became useful as a quick label for whether a group or relationship uses polite speech or casual speech.
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