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Yaminjeongeum () is a South Korean Internet meme which disassembles Hangul characters of a word and replaces them with others which homoglyph to the correct form. For example, (, "chief") is changed into (머장), since (대) resembles (머). The name Yaminjeongeum is a blend of Hunminjeongeum and (야갤); is short for (), the domestic baseball league section of DC Inside.
| Replacing 근 () with ㄹ () | 박근혜 | Park Geun-hye (former president of South Korea) | 박ㄹ혜 | |||
| Replacing ㅠ () with ㅡ + ㄲ () as a stop consonant | 유재석 | Yoo Jae-suk (comedian) | 윾재석 | |||
| Replacing 과 () with 파 () | 광주 | Gwangju (major city) | 팡주 | |||
| Replacing 대 () with 머 (), or vice versa | Doggy | 댕댕이 | ||||
| 대전광역시 | Daejeon Metropolis | 머전팡역시 | ||||
| Replacing 며 () with 띠 () | Well-known song | 띵곡 | ||||
| Replacing 귀 () with 커 () | Cute | 커엽다 | ||||
| Replacing ㅗ + ㅇ () with ㅎ () as a stop consonant | 세종대왕 | Sejong the Great | 세종머앟 | |||
| Replacing hanja 長 (장) with 튽 () | 김장훈(金長훈) | Kim Jang-hoon (rock singer) | 숲튽훈 | |||
| Rotating a whole phrase by 180º | 폭풍눈물 | Bursting into tears | 롬곡옾눞 | |||
| Rotating hangul blocks by 90º | 비버 | Beaver or Bieber | 또뜨, 뜨또 | |||
| Compacting multiple syllable blocks into one | ㅗㅜㅑ(오우야) | An interjection | 퍄 |
Critics state that the meme destroys Hangul and is a type of verbal violence, but supporters state that it is just a part of culture and improves the Korean language.
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