What does real / reong mean in Korean?
ㄹㅇ Real / reong
Also written: 리얼 · ㄹㅇㅋㅋ
Meaning
For real. ㄹㅇㅋㅋ = “true lol.”
- When
- Appeared around 2016, peaked around 2020
- Heard in
- chat, social media, humor
- Feels
- emphatic, humor
- Politeness
- Casual. Fine with friends and online; skip it in formal writing or with people you should be polite to.
How Koreans use Real / reong
ㄹㅇ 그 말이 맞음.
rl, that's so true.
ㄹㅇㅋㅋ
rlㅋㅋ
Similar slang in other languages
- US English
- no cap, fr, lowkenuinely
- UK English
- proper
- Japanese
- ガチ
- Spanish
- neta
- French
- grave