/sang-ta-chi/
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ㅅㅌㅊ comes from 상타치, a ranking-style expression that spread through Korean online communities such as DCInside in the early 2010s. The exact first use is hard to pin down, but it became common as part of the 상타치/평타치/하타치 scale for quick, blunt evaluations.
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"The cafe was not amazing, but the interior was decent."
originㅍㅌㅊ is the initial-consonant form of 평타치, part of the rating-expression family with ㅅㅌㅊ and ㅎㅌㅊ. It appears to have spread through Korean online communities in the early 2010s; the exact first use is unclear, so the year is approximate.
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ex)
"Ramen with kimchi is the obvious default combo."
originShort for 'national rule' or 'everyone’s rule,' this phrase spread through Korean online communities and social media as a playful way to describe something people treat as the obvious default. It is not an actual rule, but an unwritten standard people jokingly assume everyone follows.
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ex)
"This tteokbokki is seriously ㅈㅁㅌ."
originThe expression comes from 존맛탱, an intensified food-review phrase built around 존맛. It spread through online communities, comments, SNS, and food posts; the exact first use is hard to pin down, so 2010 is an approximate early internet-use year.
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