드립

Korean

Etymology

Pseudo-English from ad-lib.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tɯɾip̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [드립]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	deurip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	deulib
McCune–Reischauer?	tŭrip
Yale Romanization?	tulip

Noun

드립 • (deurip)

1. (slang, neologism) a joke, especially an inappropriate or risqué one [From 2000s]

   드립 잘 치는 것도 재능이야.

   Deurip jal chi-neun geot-do jaeneung'i-ya.

   Making good [deurip]s is a talent on its own.

   오늘 드립 타율이 안 좋네.

   Oneul deurip tayur-i an jon-ne.

   My [deurip]s today aren't landing very well.

2. (slang, neologism) a non sequitur, a nonsensical statement

   사람을 죽여 놓고 무슨 사과 드립이야?

   Saram-eul jugyeo no-ko museun sagwa deuribi-ya?

   You killed a person, what apology [deurip] are you on about?

Usage notes

The verb used for making a deurip is 치다 (chida, “to hit”). By analogy, 타율 (tayul, “batting average”) is sometimes used to describe how well deurips or jokes land.

Derived terms

• 고인드립 (goindeurip, “a joke involving a recently deceased person”)
• 패드립 (paedeurip, “a joke insulting one's parents”)
• 섹드립 (sekdeurip, “a sexually suggestive joke”)