What does jireumsin mean in Korean?
지름신 Jireumsin
Also written: 지름신이 강림했다
Meaning
The impulse-buy god that possesses you at checkout.
- When
- Appeared around 2012, peaked around 2016
- Heard in
- spending, humor, daily life
- Feels
- humor, self-deprecation
- Politeness
- Casual. Fine with friends and online; skip it in formal writing or with people you should be polite to.
How Koreans use Jireumsin
지름신 강림해서 결제했다.
The jireumsin descended and I paid.
지름신 참기.
Resisting the jireumsin.