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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 63 points 10 months ago (9 children)

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

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 138 points 10 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] reflex@kbin.social 68 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] casmael@startrek.website 15 points 10 months ago

That’s some linguistic gymnastics right there

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 82 points 10 months ago

From context, Behind The Scenes I guess

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months 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 10 months ago

Bangladeshi toilet services

[–] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Bacon Tomato Salmon sandwich.

[–] psud@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Beyond the supernatural (role-playing game)

Behind the scenes

[–] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago

Behind The Scenes

[–] Titou@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

it's a frech degree