Etymology

perfect all-kill

Today it means: The achievement of a song of the number-one rank on all major music charts, especially the rankings of chart aggregator iChart in South Korea. Full definition →

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First used when the song "Nagging" by IU featuring Seulong ranked at number 1 on all Korean music charts in June 2010. By surface analysis, perfect + all + kill: a song which perfectly "kills" (dominates) all the rankings; or, which dominates other songs on the charts.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.