뒷북

Korean

Etymology

뒤 (dwi, “back; late”) +‎ ㅅ (-s-, genitive interfix) +‎ 북 (buk, “drum”), literally "late drum"; usually used with 치다 (chida, “to beat”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [tɥit̚p͈uk̚] ~ [tɥip͈uk̚] ~ [tyt̚p͈uk̚] ~ [typ͈uk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [뒫뿍/뒤뿍]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dwitbuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dwisbug
McCune–Reischauer?twitpuk
Yale Romanization?twispuk

Noun

뒷북 • (dwitbuk)

  1. doing or saying something after the fact; doing or saying something after the appropriate time for it has passed
    뒷북인 거 아는데 축하한다.
    Dwitbugin geo aneunde chukhahanda.
    I know it's overdue, but congratulations.
  2. (Internet slang) reposting

Derived terms

See also

  • 소 잃고 외양간 고친다 (so ilko oeyanggan gochinda, “one fixes the cow barn after losing the cow”, proverb)
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