Citations:aegyo

Noun: "(chiefly K-pop fandom slang) cuteness"

 * 2014, Nagyon Kim, "Broadcasting companies impose stricter rules on K-pop choreography", Tiger Times (Seoul International School), March 2014, page 8:
 * A few years ago, the trend for girl groups was to show innocence and aegyo, a Korean term meaning acting cute.
 * 2015, "Are You K-Pop Crazy?", Go!, April 2015, page 7:
 * You frequent sites like Allkpop.com, or Koreaboo.com to know everything about your idols, from general things like age, height, hometown, even down to their diets, their promotional schedules and their best aegyo (a must for you to copy on IG!)
 * 2017, "Who Is Your Spring Boyfriend Quiz", UKP Magazine, Spring 2017, page 29:
 * You can always depend on him as a shoulder to cry on and as someone to make everything better with his sharp humour and natural aegyo.
 * 2017, Chew Hui Ling, "Boys Of The Moment", Teenage, April 2017, page 46:
 * The rule of thumb is to never ask him to do aegyo, but in retrospect, the dude ends up being totally adorable no matter what he does anyway so... yay for fan service?
 * 2018, Michie Galanida, "Jung Hae In: An Oppa On The Rise", Manila Standard, 1 July 2018, page D3:
 * Famous for his "aegyo" in his character in Fight My Way as Ko Dong-Man in which he won an Actor Excellence award in Miniseries at the 31st KBS Awards.
 * 2019, Helen Rodgers, "NCT 127: Live In London", UKP Magazine, August 2019, page 12:
 * The members performed 'Touch' and 'Good Thing' with copious amounts of aegyo which made it impossible not to grin.
 * 2019, Bethlehem A. Dimagna-ong, "K-Pop In Your Era: Reshaping Perspectives", Solstice, Summer 2019, page 23:
 * With its new single, "Fancy," which gained 40 million views in 24 hours, the members proved that they can do more than just an aegyo (cuteness) during stage performances.
 * 2020, Brianna Reason, "SuperM: Live In London", UKP Magazine, May 2020, page 17:
 * The chemistry and friendship between the members was obvious as they joked and teased with one another, embarrassing each other with aegyo.