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originThe phrase spread widely during the 2022 League of Legends World Championship, tied to pro player Deft’s interview context and the headline ‘What matters is an unbreakable heart.’ After DRX’s dramatic championship run, it moved beyond esports into football, school, work, and everyday encouragement.

origin‘Lucky Vicky’ combines ‘Lucky’ with Jang Wonyoung’s English name, ‘Vicky.’ As the meme of ‘Wonyoung-style thinking’ spread through idol fandom spaces and social media, the phrase came to mean reframing seemingly unlucky events as fortunate outcomes. Its core is a playful, self-affirming optimism meme.

originThe meme grew from IVE member Jang Wonyoung’s famously bright and positive way of reframing situations. Closely tied to the phrase ‘Lucky Vicky,’ it spread through fandom spaces and social media as a playful way to turn setbacks into lucky moments.

originA punchy reaction-style exclamation that spread through mukbang clips, short-form videos, and comment culture. Rather than having a strict dictionary meaning, it works as a shared meme sound for moments when the mood suddenly becomes joyful or hyped.

origin‘Kkeolmusae’ combines ‘kkeol,’ from Korean regret phrases like ‘I should have,’ with ‘aengmusae,’ meaning parrot. It became especially common in investment meme culture, where people repeatedly regret missed opportunities in stocks, crypto, or real estate, and later expanded to everyday regret loops.

originA blend of “meta” and “sensing.” If metacognition is the ability to objectively understand oneself, meta-sensing extends that idea into emotions: noticing, naming, and managing how you feel. It spread as a 2026 trend keyword connected to Gen Z emotional self-care, self-observation, AI-assisted reflection, and relationship feedback culture.

originA slang expression built from the playful intensifier ‘king’ and the Korean verb ‘열받다’ meaning ‘to get angry.’ It spread through Korean internet and streamer culture as a meme-friendly way to describe mild, funny, exaggerated irritation.

origin‘Son-jeol’ comes from ‘sonjeolmae,’ a Korean investing term for selling an asset to stop further losses. It later expanded through online communities and everyday speech to mean cutting off a relationship or situation before it drains you further. It is often used for friendships, dating, spending habits, fandoms, and toxic social ties.