Nuance Dictionary / Slang & Internet Culture
입틀막 ip-teul-mak
The instinctive physical reaction of slapping a hand over your mouth to muffle a shriek when a celebrity serves lethal visuals.
What does 입틀막 mean?
입틀막 (ip-teul-mak) means: The instinctive physical reaction of slapping a hand over your mouth to muffle a shriek when a celebrity serves lethal visuals.
Speakers reach for this abbreviation of '입을 틀어막다' when they feel a wave of intense emotion from a sudden surprise or shock. It turns up in casual online discussions and comments describing moments that leave a person speechless or breathless. It combines with standard sentence endings when describing personal reactions to startling or arresting moments.
Among fandoms, this often reads as an exaggerated performance of physical vulnerability in response to sudden celebrity visual moments, framing the viewer as entirely undone by an idol's appearance.
Among fandoms, this often reads as an exaggerated performance of physical vulnerability in response to sudden celebrity visual moments, framing the viewer as entirely undone by an idol's appearance.
How it's actually used
- 놀라서 벌어진 입을 막을 정도로 벅차오를 때 쓴다.
nollaseo beoreojin ib-eul mak-eul jeongdoro beokchaoreul ttae sseunda.
It is used when someone feels an emotion so overwhelming it makes them want to cover their wide-open mouth in surprise.
💡 origin - 영상을 보자마자 너무 잘생겨서 입틀막을 했다.
yeongsang-eul bojamaja neomu jalsaenggyeoseo ip-teul-mag-eul haetda.
The moment I watched the video, he was so handsome I instinctively covered my mouth.
💡 origin - 아이돌의 역대급 무대를 보고 다들 입틀막하며 감탄했다.
aidol-ui yeokdae-geup mudae-reul bogo dadeul ip-teul-mghamyeo gamtanhaetda.
Everyone watched the idol's legendary performance and gasped with their hands over their mouths.
💡 origin
Related words in Slang & Internet Culture
자낳괴 ja-nah-goe쩝쩝박사 jjeop-jjeop-bak-sa찐 jjin조무사 Jomusa존버 jon-beo