취저 (chwijeo) — Exactly my taste.
Lesson 86 in our Korean Slang series, adapted from Korean Your Teacher Doesn’t Teach You by Injin Hwang. This expression appears in the book’s shortened expressions section.
What 취저 means
A design, song, or café can be 취저 if it matches your preferences uncannily well. It shortens 취향 저격, literally ‘a direct hit on my taste’. The situation and tone help determine how natural the expression sounds.
A short conversation
A: 이 노래 어때?
B: 완전 취저야.
A: What do you think of this song?
B: It is exactly my style.
Use it with care
Informal praise, especially in captions. Someone else can have a different taste; the word does not certify universal quality.
A neutral or polite alternative: 제 취향에 딱 맞아요. — It fits my taste perfectly.
Try it yourself
Does 취저 describe everyone’s preference?
Answer: No. It is the speaker’s own taste. Read the Korean exchange aloud, then replace one detail with something from your own life.
Learn the rest of the series in Basic Korean Grammar. Find more expressions in the Korean slang book on Amazon.
