'Korean wave' sweeps Oxford English Dictionary as new words are added
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Korean exports seem to be sweeping the world's screens, headsets and runways -- and now more than 20 words of Korean origin have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its September update.
Over the past two decades, South Korea has churned out entertainment coveted by millions of fans, from K-pop -- added to the OED in 2016 -- to "Squid Game," the South Korean fictional drama billed by Netflix as possibly its "biggest show ever."
Koreans use the term "hallyu" to describe the phenomenon, which refers to the "Korean wave" of entertainment that has swept across Asia and now much of the world -- and now this word has been added to the OED.
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