귀차니즘
[gui-cha-nism]
the couch potato principle; a tiresome existence
Meaning & context
귀찮다와 ~ism이 결합되어 귀찮고 성가신것을 찾는 주의를 뜻하게 되었다. 젊은이들은 모 든것을 귀찮아하며 불평하고, 그래서 아무것도 하기싫어하는 그들의 게으른 친구들을 묘사 하기 위해 이 신조어를 만들어냈다.
Part of the “can’t be bothered” movement and the “sick and tired” masses with the addition of an ~ism to guichanta, which means to find things bothersome. Young people coined this word to describe their lazy friends, who fall into the habit of complaining about being tired or guichanta so they don’t want to do anything. Also: 귀차니스트 [gui-cha-nist] someone who has fallen into guichanism.
오타쿠[o-ta-ku] a stay-at-home, antisocial, animae-watching, game-playing geek or
nerd that is so obsessed with something that they cannot form proper relationships (from the Japanese for house).
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 28–28. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
귀찮아!
English
Can’t be Bothered!
창현이는 왜 안불렀어?
Why didn’t you call ChangHyun?
초대했는데 요즘 그 자식 귀차니즘에 빠져서 숨 쉬는 것 조차도 귀찮대.
I invited him, but these days that little brat fell into guichanism. Since then, he says that even breathing is tiresome.
아 맞다, 걔 가끔 귀차니스트 같지~
Yeah, sometimes he’s such a guichanist!
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