”K-pop Deep Dive Dictionary: 101. Introducing Words Related To K-pop Photo Cards, “Which Do You Like Better, agungppang or hotdogeu?”

The 101th K-pop Deep Dive Dictionary Deals with words related to trading K-pop photo cards.

[agungppang poka]

Photo cards taken with the ‘agungppang’ pose, which is a short term for baby butt bread

Fans began to call Doyoung ‘agungppang’  when they saw that Doyoung looked like the baby butt bread purchased by NCT Doyoung during the filming of ‘Omniscient Interfering View’. Since then, Doyoung, who was doing a video call fan signing event, made a pose to collect cheek fat and the fan thought, "This is the ‘agungppang’ pose!" Starting with NCT Doyoung, many K-pop artists used it as a photo card pose, and agungppang photo cards became popular.

[hatdogeu poka]

A photo card taken with index finger on the chin, expressing the head as the bread part of the hot dog and index finger as the skewer part of the hot dog

A pose that expresses the head as the bread of a hot dog and the skewer part of a hot dog with the index finger on the chin is called a hatdogeu pose. The origin of the pose is NCT Jungwoo, and it has since been commonly used as a photo card pose among idols.  The hatdogeu photo card of NCT Jungwoo, the creator of the pose, was sold at a high asking price.

[syaorang poka]

It means photo cards taken while cosplaying with syaorang, the male character of the animation ‘Cardcaptor Cherry’

It refers to a photo card taken while cosplaying as syaorang, and is widely used in male idol photo cards. Syaorang’s trademarks, hat and scarf catch the eye.

[gogeul poka]

It’s a photo card taken with transparent goggles on

It means a photo card taken wearing transparent goggles, which is also famous for water balm preparations. Transparent goggles are used when they are in a strong concept, so they have a strong hip feeling. Therefore, gogeul photo cards give a more hip feeling compared to other photo cards. Gogeul photo cards are perfect when looking for hip photo cards.

※ Hanteo Global's K-pop Culture Research Institute aims to create standards for K-pop and make it easier for all K-pop fans around the world to access and enjoy K-pop. As part of that, we launched the ‘K-pop Deep Dive Dictionary’ series, which introduces terms and expressions used only by true K-pop fans. We hope the series will help overseas K-pop fans and the public better understand and communicate with the unique culture of K-pop fans.