1TYM: 1 Time for Your Mind
2NE1: New Evolution of the 21st Century
AOA: Ace of Angels
AST’1: A Star 1
B1A4: Be the One, All For One
B2Y: Babyboys 2 Yearninggirls
Baby V.O.X: Baby Voices of Xpression
Baby V.O.X Re.V: Baby Voices of Xpression Renaissance Voices
B.A.P: Best Absolute Perfect
BB.Boys: Best of Best Boys
BBde Girl: Beauty Blessed de Girl
B.Dolls: Bustling Dolls
BEAST: Boys of EAst Standing Tall
Block B: BlockBuster
BoM: Blooming of Our Music
BTOB: Born TO Beat
C-Clown: Crown Clown
CHI-CHI: Creative electronic House Idols
C.N Blue: Code-Name Blue
COIN Jackson: K(C)Orea IN michael JACKSON
C-REAL: Chemi Redee Effie AnnJ Lenny (the names of the members)
DMTN: Desire.Motivation.Timing.Now
EVoL: Effective Voice of Ladies
EXID: EXceed In Dreaming
F.Cuz: For Century Ultimate Zest
Fin.K.L: Fin Killing Liberty
F.I.X: Four Immaculate Xtraordinaries
F.T Island: Five-Treasure Island
GLAM: GirLs be AMbitious
g.o.d: Groove Overdose
GP Basic: Girl Power Basic
H.A.M: Heart And Mind
HITT: Here Is The Top
H.O.T: High-Five of Teenager
I.M.U: Inspire. Music. Unite.
Jevice: Jewelry Voice
jtL : Jang Woohyuk Tony Lee Jaewon (the names of the members)
JQT: J Quality Quartet (J is a common letter between the original member’s names)
JYJ: Jaejoong Yoochun Junsu (the names of the members)
LC9: League of Competition #9
LPG: Lovely Pretty Girls
MaskOT: Mask of Thetis
MBLAQ: Music Boys Live in Absolute Quality
MIB: Most Incredible Busterz (orig. Bastardz)
M.I.L.K: Made In Lovely Kin
M.I.S.O: Magic Souls of Oriental
Ne-P: New Passion
New.F.O: New Five Order
N.EX.T: New EXperiment Team
NRG: New Radiancy Group
N:Sonic: Neo Sonic
NU’EST: New Established Style and Tempo
Pascol: Pastel Color
RaNia: RegenerAtioN Idol of Asia
R.ef: Ruff Easy Flava (orig. Rave Effect)
Roo’Ra: Roots of Reggae
SeeYa: See You Always / See You Again
S.E.S: Sea [Bada] Eugene Shoo (the names of the members)
SG Wannabe: Simon & Garfunkel Wannabe
SHU-I: So Hot Union of Idols
S.L.I.M: SunLight In the Morning
SS501: 5 Superstar Singers as 1 Forever [0]
TEEN TOP: Teenager Emoboy Emotion Next generation Talent Object Praise
T.G.U.S: The Guys Using Sound
The BOSS: The Boys Of Super Space (adapted from the meaning of their Korean name: 대국남아 “Daeguk Namah”)
T.O.A: Top of Asia
TOUCH: The Original Undeniable Charismatic Homme
TRAX: Typhoon of the Rose Attack on X-Mas (based on the member’s stage names)
T.T.MA: Taste The Maximum (orig. To The Maximum)
TVXQ: Rising Gods of the East (based on the Chinese pronunciation of the group’s official hanja: 東方神起 “Tong Vfang Xien Qi”)
U-KISS: Ubiquitious Korean International (idol) Super Star
UN: United N-generation
VIXX: Value In Excelsis
VNT: Voice of Ninety-Two
X-5: Xenos-Five
YMGA: Young Men’s Gangsta Association
ZE:A: Children of Empire (based on the pronunciation of their Korean name: 제국의 아이들 “[Z]Jegook-ui Aideul”)
