What does ingyeo mean in Korean?
잉여 Ingyeo
Also written: 잉여력 · 잉여인간
Meaning
A surplus human; proudly (or sadly) wasting time.
- When
- Appeared around 2009, peaked around 2012
- Heard in
- self-deprecation, humor, daily life
- Feels
- self-deprecation, humor
- 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 Ingyeo
오늘 완전 잉여로 보냈다.
Spent today as a total ingyeo.
잉여력 충전 중.
Recharging my ingyeo power.