답정너

Korean

FWOTD – 25 November 2017

Etymology

Literally “answer-set-you”; shortened from 답은 정해져 있고 너는 대답만 하면 돼. (Dabeun jeonghaejyeo itgo neoneun daedamman hamyeon dwae., “The answer is already set in stone; all you have to do is give me that answer.”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[ta̠p̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹ŋnʌ̹]
Phonetic Hangul[답쩡너]

Revised Romanization^?	dapjeongneo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	dabjeongneo
McCune–Reischauer^?	tapchŏngnŏ
Yale Romanization^?	tapqcengne

Noun

답정너 • (dapjeongneo) (hanja 答定—)

(neologism, slang, humorous) asking a question and only expecting one type of answer (or a person who does so)
- 2013, 철수 and 존슨, 취업학개론
  왠지 답정너, 이미 답을 정해놓은 거 같더라고. 결국 여자만 두 명 뽑더만.
  Waenji dapjeongneo, imi dabeul jeonghaenoeun geo gatdeorago. Gyeolguk yeojaman du myeong ppopdeoman.
  Somehow it was dapjeongneo, like the answer was already set. In the end only two women were chosen.
- 2017, 비벗, 꿈꾸는 작사가 237화. 24장 - 보내는 방법, 가져오는 방법 (3)
  아, 칭찬을 원해서 겸손한 척하는 답정너라고 생각한 건가. 박지함은 뒤통수를 거칠게 긁었다.
  A, chingchaneul wonhaeseo gyeomsonhan cheokhaneun dapjeongneorago saenggakhan geon-ga. Bakjihameun dwitongsureul geochilge geulgeotda.
  Oh, the so-called fishing for compliments but pretending to be modest. Park Jiham scratched the back of his head.

Related terms

답정녀 (答定女, dapjeongnyeo)
답정남 (答定男, dapjeongnam)