난 대학시절 ○○○을 전공했단 사실

This meme began gaining cult popularity around 2024 when the song 'Muk-jji-ppa' from the musical 'I Wish' was rediscovered. It quickly went viral, especially with a flood of parody videos on social media and YouTube.

The meme 'The fact that I majored in ○○○ in college' originated from the lyrics of the song 'Muk-jji-ppa' from the musical 'I Wish.' The core of the meme lies in the absurdly serious lyrics where characters, before a game of Muk-jji-ppa (a variation of rock-paper-scissors), declare things like "The fact that I majored in Muk-jji-ppa in college" or "The fact that I even studied abroad for Muk-jji-ppa," treating a trivial game as a profound academic discipline. It's used to evoke laughter by showing an unnecessarily serious attitude towards something trivial or absurd, or by claiming extraordinary (?) expertise in a specific field. In fact, DBpia even utilized this meme when introducing a paper by KAIST researchers titled 'Algorithm Research for Developing an AI Muk-jji-ppa Robot.'

"Nahn Dae-hak-shee-jeol Oh-oh-oh-eul Jeon-gong-haet-dahn Sah-shil"

• Nahn: (rhymes with 'on')
• Dae-hak-shee-jeol: (Dae like 'day', hak like 'hock', shee like 'she', jeol like 'jull')
• Oh-oh-oh-eul: (the 'eul' sound is similar to 'uh-l')
• Jeon-gong-haet-dahn: (Jeon like 'john', gong like 'gong', haet like 'het', dahn like 'dawn')
• Sah-shil: (Sah like 'saw', shil like 'shill')

This meme is primarily popular among Generation Z and is actively used on social media and YouTube.

• "The fact that I majored in Tteokbokki in college, I'll beat you so badly you'll cry your eyes out." (Used to express excessive confidence about food)
• "The fact that I majored in Muk-jji-ppa in college, I'll beat you so badly you'll cry your eyes out. What did you even do with the money Mom gave you for school supplies?!" (A parody adding everyday content to the original lyrics)
• It's used in various creative works, such as in a musical audition where someone wears a Phantom of the Opera mask and sings about having majored in Muk-jji-ppa in college.
• Choi Jae-rim, the actor who sang the original song, even sang the Muk-jji-ppa song himself in a Subway fast-food chain commercial.