Nuance Dictionary / Slang & Internet Culture
안물안궁 an-mul-an-gung
A cheeky shorthand for 'didn't ask, don't care' used to lovingly roast a friend who is oversharing trivial nonsense.
What does 안물안궁 mean?
안물안궁 (an-mul-an-gung) means: A cheeky shorthand for 'didn't ask, don't care' used to lovingly roast a friend who is oversharing trivial nonsense.
Textbooks won't teach you this, but natives love weaponizing compound abbreviations to playfully puncture a friend's ego the second they start rambling about something completely irrelevant. It is a portmanteau of 안 물어봤어 (I didn't ask) and 안 궁금해 (I'm not curious). While the literal translation sounds brutal, the vibe here is pure comedic sarcasm between close peers—think of it as the verbal equivalent of rolling your eyes while smiling. If you use this with a coworker or someone older, you're looking for social suicide; use it with your best friend who is six minutes into explaining the lore of a mobile game they don't even play, and you've hit comedic gold.
Other sides of 안물안궁
◆ Online Comment Section Sarcasm — While friends can use this playfully, in the wild arena of Korean comment sections, it turns ice-cold. Natives reach for it when a celebrity’s minor update or a news outlet’s clickbait piece clogs their feed, signaling utter public fatigue with non-news. Learners often mistake it for harmless teasing, but dropping this on a stranger's post isn't a joke—it’s digital eye-rolling that tells the poster no one asked and no one cares.
🎙️ 안물안궁은 표기 그대로 읽지 않아요 — 실제로는 [안무란궁]로 소리나요 (연음법칙). 발음 연습하기 →
How it's actually used
- 나 어제 꿈에 전지현 나왔잖아. - 안물안궁~
Na eo-je kkum-e jeon-ji-hyeon na-wat-jan-ha. - An-mul-an-gung~
Jun Ji-hyun appeared in my dream yesterday, you know. - Didn't ask, don't care~
💡 The quintessential reaction to a friend dropping a completely unprovoked, self-absorbed anecdote. - 아니 내 말 좀 들어봐 봐, 우리 팀 대리가 말이야… - 아, 안물안궁요!
A-ni nae mal jom deul-eo-bwa-bwa, u-ri tim dae-ri-ga mal-i-ya… - A, an-mul-an-gung-yo!
Hey, just listen to me for a sec, our team's assistant manager, right... - Ah, didn't ask, don't care!
💡 Even when lightly playful, appending '-yo' or using a mischievous tone marks the boundary of teasing rather than actual hostility. - 어제 새벽에 꿈을 세 개나 꿨는데 말이야… — 갑자기? 안물안궁이거든?
eoje saebyeoge kkumeul se gaena kkwonneunde mariya... — gapjagi? anmuranggung-i-godeun?
I had like three dreams early this morning... — Out of nowhere? Didn't ask, don't care, you know.
💡 Use this playfully when a friend goes on an unprompted, boring tangent.
Related words in Slang & Internet Culture
안습 an-seup별다줄 byeol-da-jul취향저격 chwi-hyang-jeo-gyeok대박 dae-bak당모치 dang-mo-chi