Do You Know What ‘Gook Rule (국룰)’ Is In Korean?
GookRule is Gook + Rule (룰)
A slang combining the words “Gookmin (citizen)” and “rule,” it is used to refer to the “rules that are not formally established, but are universally accepted.”
In a word, it is the rule that people have an implicit agreement, even if they don’t explicitly say so. It was first used in games.
4 Examples of GookRule
- GookRule Example 1 : Putting spicy chili sauce is GookRule when you eat blood sausage soup!
- GookRule Example 2 : Licking a yogurt lid is a GookRule!
- GookRule Example 3 : It’s a GookRule to eat spicy stir-fried chicken and then fried rice
- GookRule Example 4 : It’s a GookRule to have scallion pancakes on a rainy day!
