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– The Korean wave swept through the Oxford English Dictionary, which included more than two dozen new entries for words of Korean origin in its latest edition. The dictionary, which describes itself as the “definitive record for the English language,” says the growing worldwide popularity of Korean culture has affected the language as well as movies, music, food and fashion, reports the BBC. The 26 words he added include hallyu, defined as “increased international interest in South Korea and its popular culture”. A full list of the new entries can be found here.

Many of the newly added words relate to food, including kimbap, “a Korean dish made of cooked rice and other ingredients wrapped in a sheet of seaweed and cut into bite-sized slices”, and bulgogi, “a dish of thin slices of beef or pork that are marinated and then grilled or sautéed.” The OED says that kimchi, Korea’s most iconic dish, was first added to the dictionary in 1976 and the entry has been revised for the new version. Another new entry is mukbang, for live broadcasts featuring a person eating large amounts of food and speaking to the audience, the Guardian reports.

The boom in South Korean cultural exports includes Squid game, which Netflix says may be its greatest show of all time, CNN reports. OED says new entries include Korean adaptations of existing English words, including interjection fight, meaning “Go for it!” The dictionary says the development of Korean words in English shows how “lexical innovations” in English are occurring outside the UK and other countries where English is the dominant language. “They show how Asians in different parts of the continent invent and exchange words in their own local contexts, then present those words to the rest of the English-speaking world, thus allowing the Korean wave to continue to ripple on the sea of ​​English words,” says the OED. (Read more stories from the Oxford English Dictionary.)

(News)
– The Korean wave swept through the Oxford English Dictionary, which included more than two dozen new entries for words of Korean origin in its latest edition. The dictionary, which describes itself as the “definitive record for the English language,” says the growing worldwide popularity of Korean culture has affected the language as well as movies, music, food and fashion, reports the BBC. The 26 words he added include hallyu, defined as “increased international interest in South Korea and its popular culture”. A full list of the new entries can be found here.

Many of the newly added words relate to food, including kimbap, “a Korean dish made of cooked rice and other ingredients wrapped in a sheet of seaweed and cut into bite-sized slices”, and bulgogi, “a dish of thin slices of beef or pork that are marinated and then grilled or sautéed.” The OED says that kimchi, Korea’s most iconic dish, was first added to the dictionary in 1976 and the entry has been revised for the new version. Another new entry is mukbang, for live broadcasts featuring a person eating large amounts of food and speaking to the audience, the Guardian reports.

The boom in South Korean cultural exports includes Squid game, which Netflix says may be its greatest show of all time, CNN reports. OED says new entries include Korean adaptations of existing English words, including interjection fight, meaning “Go on!” The dictionary says the development of Korean words in English shows how “lexical innovations” in English are occurring outside the UK and other countries where English is the dominant language. “They show how Asians in different parts of the continent invent and exchange words in their own local contexts, then present those words to the rest of the English-speaking world, thus allowing the Korean wave to continue to ripple on the sea of ​​English words,” indicates OED. (Read more stories from the Oxford English Dictionary.)