Bbobbo

Sometimes spelled “ppoppo,” a bbobbo is a quick, non-romantic kiss. Like a baby kiss! It can be a noun (give someone a bbobbo) or a noun (giving bbobbo).

How is KPK different from Kpop news sites?

So, how is Kpop Kollective, an archive of information on Kpop groups, Kpop vocabulary, and (coming soon!) Kpop news stories, different from other sites such as Gokpop or Hello Kpop? First of all, we love the Kpop news sites! We get our information from them, and check it against other news sites. We look at…

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Bias

A bias is someone’s favorite from one particular group. It is a singer that you like everything about: their singing, dancing, unusual quirks, and other activities such as acting and modeling. An ultimate bias is a person’s favorite out of all the Kpop groups. For example, my bias in SS501 is Heo Young Saeng. I…

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Big Three

The “Big Three” are the three largest Korean music production companies, which are SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, and YG Entertainment.

Chocolate Abs

A male idol’s six-pack abs, which are shaped like a chocolate bar.

Couples

A close friendship between two idols of the same sex. Both male and female idols have couples, but some groups don’t have couples, and some couples can span groups. Couples often have names that are combinations of two idols’ names. For example, SHINee’s Jonghyun and Key’s couple name is JongKey.  Some fans may read romance…

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Daebak

A phrase in Korean that means “the best.” For example, if you somehow won tickets to an SNSD concert, you may exclaim “This is daebak!”

Dongsaeng

“Dongsaeng” is a Korean word for a younger sibling. It can be used for both boys and girls.

Super Junior M

Click to jump to a section: BASICS FANFACTS VIDEOS DISCOGRAPHY: KOREAN RELEASES DISCOGRAPHY: JAPANESE RELEASES Name Super Junior M Meaning of Name They are a sub-group of Super Junior, but the “M” in their name stands for Mandarin Chinese, and they are aimed towards China Members Sungmin (Lee Sungmin) Eunhyuk (Lee Hyukjae) Zhou Mi Donghae (Lee…

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SNSD (Girls’ Generation)

Click to jump to a section: BASICS FANFACTS VIDEOS DISCOGRAPHY: KOREAN RELEASES DISCOGRAPHY: JAPANESE RELEASES DISCOGRAPHY: US RELEASES BASICS Name Girl’s Generation/ Sonyeo Sidae/SNSD/Soshi Meaning of Name “Soneyo Sidae” is the Korean for “Girl’s Generation”, and both “SNSD” and “Soshi” come from this name. SNSD=So Neyo Si Dae, Soshi= So(neyo) Si(dae) Members Taeyeon (Kim Tae-yeon, Leader) Jessica (Jung Soo Yeon)…

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