1. What does it mean?

Short for 별것을 다 줄인다, a reaction to an unfamiliar or surprisingly elaborate abbreviation. Its joke is self-referential: the complaint about shortening every little thing has itself been shortened.

2. The nuance

It can sound amused, baffled, or mildly exasperated. It is not the name of a particular slang trend, and it does not necessarily mean the speaker dislikes the person using the abbreviation.

3. Examples

“많관부가 많은 관심 부탁드립니다라고? 진짜 별다줄이네.”

Man-gwan-bu means 'please show lots of interest'? They really do abbreviate everything.

“새 줄임말을 볼 때마다 별다줄이라는 말부터 나와.”

Whenever I see a new abbreviation, my first reaction is 'they shorten absolutely everything.'

Related words

Sources

National Institute of Korean Language

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