존버

존버

Korean

Etymology

Contraction of 존나 버티다 (jonna beotida, “to hold out as fuck”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞nbʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangeul: [존버]

Revised Romanization? jonbeo Revised Romanization (translit.)? jonbeo McCune–Reischauer? chonbŏ Yale Romanization? conpe

Noun

존버 • (jonbeo)

1. (stock market, slang) holding on to falling stocks
2. (by extension, slang) holding on or persevering despite difficult circumstances

Derived terms

• 존버하다 (jonbeohada, “to hold on, to persevere”)