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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 63 points 2 years ago (9 children)

What does BTS stand for, outside of K-pop?

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 138 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Wait, does it not stand for "behind the scenes" wrt the K-pop group?

[–] reflex@kbin.social 67 points 2 years ago

Wait, does it not stand for “behind the scenes” wrt the K-pop group?

I thought it stood for Boppan Tangnam Style.

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 2 years ago

Nah, for the Kpop group it's a shortening of the group's full Korean name Bangtan Sonyeondan which in English translates to "Bulletproof Boy Scouts". Though in recent years they apparently also added "Beyond the Scene" to try to show how they've grown since they first began.

[–] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago

It does stand for behind the scenes, but it is also a popular kpop group, the bangtan boys (bangtan sonyeondan in Korean) (everybody just calls them BTS)

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] casmael@startrek.website 15 points 2 years ago

That’s some linguistic gymnastics right there

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 82 points 2 years ago

From context, Behind The Scenes I guess

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago

Idk until somebody say it... I am not BTS fan or KPop in general but damn if their name appears so many times than now I always think of the band first and I hate it.

[–] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

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[–] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Bacon Tomato Salmon sandwich.

[–] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

Behind The Scenes

[–] psud@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Beyond the supernatural (role-playing game)

Behind the scenes

[–] Titou@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

it's a frech degree