Close-up of tightly clasped hands in a lap showing tension and quiet anxious dread

조마조마 Korean: The Word for Dread That Won’t Sit Still

조마조마: The Korean Word for Anxiety That Sits in Your Stomach and Won’t Leave 조마조마 Korean is one of those words that makes you realize a feeling you’ve had a hundred times never had a proper name. Not the panic that hits suddenly. Not the clean, almost exciting nervousness of 두근두근 — the heart pounding