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heclaimed,“Allofmyfriendswhoare
Detailsoncampusbuzzwords
preparingforthesameexamtendnotto
AssaisaKoreanpronunciationoftheabbreviatedterm
spendtheirtimeonthoseasmuchasthey
oftheword,outsider,referringtopeoplewhodonot
didinfreshmanandsophomoreyears.”
socialize,spendingmostoftheirtimealone.Ratherthan
Ithasbeenprevalentforseniorstudentsin
theterm’sdictionarydefinition,itisunderstoodasthe
universitiestograduallyrecedefromsocial
meaningof“aloner.”Thebuzzwordhasbeenmostly
circles.Suchatendency,however,alsocan
usedbyuniversitystudentsinKorea,whichisnowalso
bewitnessedinafewfreshmenaswell
popularamongteens.
nowadays.Campusesarenowrifewithnew
“Inssa,”ontheotherhand,isaderivativefromaword,
studentswhoholdbackfromsocialactivities,
“insider,”whichharborsaratherdifferentmeaningto
embarkinginsteadonratherprematureand
theoriginal,“someoneisinvolvedinasituation.”The
lonelyjourneysontheiryellowbrickroads.
termisusedforthosewhobelongtothecenterofsocial
“Inordertotransfertothecollegeof
circlesoncampus.
pharmacy,Iamcurrentlyinvestingagreat
dealoftimeinthePharmacyEducation
EligibilityTest(PEET),”claimedastudent
Theemergenceof“deliberateAssas”
ofKoreaUniversity.“Andthenumberof
Intherecentpast,Assaswererecognizedasthose
freshmenpreparingforthesameorother
compellednottosocializeduetoacertainreasonor
examsisnolessinshortcomparedtothatof
event.Oneremarkablechangeistheexpansionofthe
uppergraders,”sheadded.
meaningoftheterm,subsuming“deliberateAssas.”
Thesenewfiguresareratherdifferenttothosewho
Byproductsofthetrend
hadbeencalledasAssasbefore,deliberatelyexcluding
oneselffromtheothers.
AsAssasaredivergingintovarioustypes,
“Iamnotreallyfondofmeaninglesssocial
theyarealsobeingcalledbynewnames,
interactions,”claimedastudentofBusiness
suchas“Pro-honbaper,”and“Dokgang-er.”
Administration,whocallshimselfasadeliberateAssa,
ThederivativefromtheconceptofAssa,
unlikethemajority.“Ithinkitisawasteoftimehanging
Pro-honbaper,referringtoalonegourmet,
aroundwithpeopleIdislikeandcomingupwithtopics
isacompoundwordof“professional”and
totalkaboutwhilewearingaplasticsmile,”heclaimed.
“Honbap-er,”ofwhich“Honbap”standsfor
TheemergenceofdeliberateAssasisindeedof
eatingalone.Thelatter,similarly,indicates
impression,consideringtheprevalentsenseof
anindividualattendingclassesbyoneself
community.Thenumberofthedeliberate,optingout
withoutanyacquaintedpeers.
theoppositeroutetothemainstream,isremarkable.The
Itisasenseofhumorproposedagainst
birthofthenewusageofthisduetotherecognitionof
alienationfromthemajoritythatunderlies
suchatrendbythepublicraisesquestionsaboutwhat
suchwittytitles.Thesporadicemergence
theessentialsofanAssalifestyleare.
ofrelatedtermssignifiesthattheconceptis
changingitscontourintopalpablecultural
phenomenonasitpermeatesintocampuses
Homoinevitab?lis:Thosewhohadnochoice
acrossthenation.Suchatrendcanhence
Ontopofthedeliberate,anotherformoflonershas
beinterpretedasimbibingthefeelingof
emerged,whohadtobeAssassoastoarduouslypave
isolationinajoyfulmanner,bycoiningsuch
theirfuturecareerpaths.
jocularnames.
LeeSeung-hyun,ajuniorofChung-AngUniversity,
Inthesamevein,derivativecontents,
preparingforaCertifiedPublicAccountant(CPA)
harboringthesenseofalienation,arebeing
examinationsaid,“Sincetheexamisbothdifficult
churnedout,attractingthepublic.“NO.
andhighstakes,Idonothaveachancetoparticipate
popularity.human,”aFacebookpageof
invariousactivitiesoncampus.”Ontopofthat,
whichthedevoutcallthemselves“the
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