아싸 (assa)

What it means

1. 1.

   An outsider: not in the group, eating alone, not on the messaging thread. Usually self-applied, and worn with a certain defiance.

   Not to be confused with the identical-sounding 아싸! meaning 'yes!' — an unrelated cheer, distinguished only by context and delivery.

Examples with translations

• 나는 대학 때 완전 아싸였어.

  I was a total loner at university.

• 아싸도 나름 편해.

  Being on the outside has its comforts.

Where it comes from

English 'outsider', clipped the same way as 인싸 and coined as its deliberate counterpart.

First attested: around 2018

Other forms

Romanised as:

assa