Yeobo

Often translated as ‘Honey’. Not so much an honorific but a very common nickname used to address your spouse. A word mostly reserved for use between protagonists’ parents in K-dramas although sometimes couples in their first 100 days like to play flirty games with it. Words bend with trends and in 2022’s Rookie Cops Go Eun-kang (Chae Soo-bin), with the ancient wisdom of a 21-year-old, mocks high schoolers in couples for using Yeobo somewhat sincerely.