What does wissusigae mean in Korean?
위쑤시개 Wissusigae
Also written: 스트레스 매운맛
Meaning
Spicy food as a stress toothpick — tteokbokki or malatang to cope.
- When
- Appeared around 2024, peaked around 2025
- Heard in
- food, daily life, social media
- Feels
- humor, stress relief
- Politeness
- Casual. Fine with friends and online; skip it in formal writing or with people you should be polite to.
How Koreans use Wissusigae
오늘 위쑤시개 각.
Today feels like a wissusigae day.
위쑤시개로 엽떡.
Spicy tteokbokki as my wissusigae.