블링블링

Korean

FWOTD – 30 March 2021

Etymology

From English bling bling, aided by the fact that the English noun resembles a Korean reduplicative ideophone.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɯʎʎiŋbɯʎʎiŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [블링블링]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	beullingbeulling
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	beullingbeulling
McCune–Reischauer?	pŭllingbŭlling
Yale Romanization?	pullingpulling

Ideophone

블링블링 • (beullingbeulling)

1. (colloquial) shinily, fancily, bling-bling-ly (often used to refer to celebrities)
   • 2009 May, Lady Kyunghyang‎^[1]:

     블링블링한 가방과 구두는 모든 여자들의 로망이다.

     Beullingbeullinghan gabang-gwa gudu-neun modeun yeoja-deur-ui romang-ida.

     Fancy handbags and heels are the dream of every woman.

   • 2012 February 5, Xsports News‎^[2]:

     사진을 접한 누리꾼들은 "블링 블링 거리는 그녀의 손이 예쁘다"... 등의 반응을 보였다.

     Sajin-eul jeophan nurikkun-deur-eun beulling beulling georineun geunyeo-ui son-i yeppeuda... Deung-ui baneung-eul boyeotda.

     Internet users who saw the image offered responses such as... "her shining hand is pretty."

   • 2019 November 21, Sports Chosun‎^[3]:

     블링블링 빛나

     beullingbeulling binna

     She shines brilliantly.

Usage notes

블링블링 (beullingbeulling) is one of the few recently loaned ideophones in Korean. Like most ideophones which have entered the lexicon only recently, it does not obey yin-yang vowel ablaut or consonant alternation.