What does gwanjong mean in Korean?
관종 Gwanjong
Also written: 관심종자
Meaning
An attention-seeker (dismissive).
- When
- Appeared around 2014, peaked around 2017
- Heard in
- social media, relationships, humor
- Feels
- negative, satire
- Politeness
- Rude or crude in tone — fine with close friends, but avoid it with elders, teachers, or at work.
How Koreans use Gwanjong
그건 관종 같아 보일 수 있어.
That might come off as gwanjong.
관종 컨텐트.
Gwanjong content.
Similar slang in other languages
- US English
- clout
- Chinese (mainland)
- 显眼包
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 討拍
- Spanish
- postureo