What does banggabangga mean in Korean?
방가방가 Banggabangga
Also written: 반가워요
Meaning
Cutesy “nice to meet you” from early Korean internet.
- When
- Appeared around 1999, peaked around 2003
- Heard in
- chat, greetings
- Feels
- friendly, positivity
- Politeness
- Casual. Fine with friends and online; skip it in formal writing or with people you should be polite to. It sounds dated now, so you'll mostly see it in older posts or used ironically.
How Koreans use Banggabangga
방가방가 신입입니다.
Banggabangga, I'm the newbie.
방가방가~
Banggabangga~