카더라
Korean
Etymology
The noun sense is derived from the verb, originally in the construction 카더라 방송 (kadeora bangsong, literally “'It Is Said' Broadcasting Service”).
A January 1980 opinion editorial, published in the Kyunghyang Shinmun daily, states that the noun was at that point a neologism that had only recently begun circulating in the Gyeongsang dialect-speaking city of Daegu, in reference to the unsubstantiated political rumors following the chaos of the Coup d'état of December Twelfth, 1979.[1]
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kʰa̠dʌ̹ɾa̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [카더라]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | kadeora |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | kadeola |
| McCune–Reischauer? | k'adŏra |
| Yale Romanization? | khatela |
Verb
카더라 • (kadeora)
- (Gyeongsang) they say, it is said; retrospective declarative form of 카다 (kada, “to say”)
Noun
카더라 • (kadeora)
- (colloquial) an unsubstantiated rumor, now especially one on the Internet [since January 1980]
- 그 사람이 이혼한다는 건 그냥 카더라야.
- Geu saram-i ihonhandaneun geon geunyang kadeora-ya.
- It's just a rumor that he's going to divorce.
- Synonyms: 유언비어(流言蜚語) (yueonbieo), 소문(所聞) (somun), 풍문(風聞) (pungmun), 루머 (rumeo)
References
- 홍승면 (January 28, 1980), “「카더라」放送 [The 'It Is Said' Broadcasting Service]”, in Kyunghyang Shinmun