gganbu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 깐부 (kkanbu).

Noun

gganbu (plural gganbu)

1. A best friend.
   • 2021 September 22, Kayti Burt, “Squid Game’s Most Heartbreaking Hour is Also Its Best”, in Den of Geek‎^[1]:

     If a gganbu is, as Il-nam describes it: “a good friend, one you trust a lot [and] you share things with,” then Sae-byeok and Ji-yeong become gganbu over the course of this hour of television.