Is it male hatred if it's a second word?Lim Youngwoong and TWICE don't mean that either

Jun 30, 2024

 Is it male hatred if it's a second word?Lim Youngwoong and TWICE don't mean that either
Lim Youngwoong (left), TWICE Jihyo. Photo = Sports Chosun DB, Fish Music



Unexpected remarks have spread to allegations that he disparaged men. Following similar incidents in the past, Twice's Jihyo, announcer Lee Ji-hyun, and announcer Kim Do-yeon, singer Lim Young-woong has been rumored this time.

Lim Young-woong hosted a live broadcast to celebrate his birthday on his YouTube channel on the 16th. On this day, he celebrated his birthday through the live broadcast and expressed his gratitude to the fans who congratulated him.

In the meantime, unexpected remarks have spread to allegations of male disparagement. Lim Young-woong "My mouth is itching. There are many things I want to say, but I'll hold it in"I'm also itching and itching. It's because I said, "I'll prepare a lot of time to meet you in the future, and show you good performances." Then, I used the expression 'DreungDreung'.



The dictionary meaning of 'drung dreung' is 'the loud and loud sound', but in recent years, 'drung dreung' has been used in online communities of female elementary schools to mean 'dreung dreung', which is perceived by some as the purpose of disparaging men.

In response, some netizens who think Lim Young-woong used a male derogatory word are leaving comments pointing out the word in the comments section of Lim Young-woong's YouTube channel. "I'm disappointed in Lim Young-woong. What do you mean. Did you know it was a Femi (nist) term and use it?"Don't you know what "drung-drung-rung" means just by looking at the news. Comments such as '" and 'It's a pity that even the National Institute of the Korean Language can't accurately explain words from a star's mouth loved by the whole nation.'



Lim Young-woong's fan 'Hero Generation' also came out when even malicious comments that raised eyebrows appeared. Fans are showing their willingness to sue by reporting malicious comments and sending e-mails to the agency.

 Is it male hatred if it's a second word?Lim Youngwoong and TWICE don't mean that either
What Jihyo had with her fans during the chat. V Live TWICE Channel Capture
Earlier, other stars also suffered from using certain words frequently used by the female elementary school community. Twice's Jihyo used the new word 'Woong Ae-woong' in 2020, but she was embroiled in a controversy over her alleged misogynistic meaning.



'Woong-Ang-Woong' is an onomatopoeic word that expresses murmuring anything, and means 'Somehow', 'Blah'. However, some netizens pointed their arrows at Jihyo at the time, saying that 'Woong-Woong' is used as a male-hating context in the female community. In the end, Jihyo said, "I'm sorry to think that the fans might have been hurt and disappointed."No matter what I've been through, I've never been sincere in front of my fans. There will be more issues than celebrities in the future, and there will be talk, but I will be good."

 Is it male hatred if it's a second word?Lim Youngwoong and TWICE don't mean that either
announcer Kim Do-yeon (left), announcer Lee Ji-hyun. Photo = Kim Do-yeon and Lee Ji-hyun Account
Announcers who are taking the lead in using the right Korean language were also not free from the controversy. KBS announcer Kim Do-yeon was criticized for saying '5 trillion' in 2021. This is because some communities argue that '5 trillion' is commonly used as an expression for the number of male sperms and is used to hate men. In response, announcer Kim thought that "('5 trillion ') was simply an idiom that means there are so many, but he never imagined that it would be used in that sense," he said, expressing an apology.

Announcer Lee Ji-hyun of SBS Sports wrote on his account last year, `I'm going to leave on a ferry called Romantic. How come you're going to be all right?" he wrote, drawing criticism for the word "Woong-Woong". When malicious comments flooded in, the announcer was surprised to see the comments. I didn't know it was a meaningful word. "I'm sorry if I offended you for not being able to do so as a person with a job where you have to know the source and usage of words", he apologized.

Whenever such a controversy occurs, most netizens argue that 'contextual meaning' should be viewed. They did not use these expressions for the purpose of degrading men, so they cannot be considered as misogynistic expressions. Since it is an expression used especially frequently in the female elementary school community, unconditionally considering it as a 'misogynistic (misogynistic) word' is rather a biased thinking. Rather, it is a popular expression among netizens that stars would have naturally mentioned it without much caution because it is a popular expression.



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