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ㄴㄴ

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Korean

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Etymology

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Initialism of English no repeated twice.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nono
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nono
McCune–Reischauer?nono
Yale Romanization?nono

Interjection

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ㄴㄴ (nono)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) no
    Antonym: ㅇㅇ (eung)

Usage notes

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The English word no is not used in spoken or written Korean but is very common in text messaging, perhaps because the initialism ㅇㄴ for 아니 (ani, no) can be easily mistyped as ㅇㅇ for (eung, yes).