극혐 (geukyeom)

What it means

1. 1.

   Utterly revolting; can't stand it. Strong language, mostly written, and applied to food, behaviour and — in online arguments — to people.

   Aimed at a person it is genuinely hostile, and 혐오 is the word Korean uses for hate speech.

Literally: Extreme loathing.

Examples with translations

• 그 장면 진짜 극혐이었어.

  That scene was absolutely stomach-turning.

• 민트초코 극혐.

  Mint chocolate: vile.

  Note: A long-running and entirely unserious internet argument in Korea.

Where it comes from

극도로 혐오스럽다 ('extremely repugnant') cut to its first syllables, following the standard abbreviation pattern.

Other forms

Romanised as:

geukyeom