NICKNAME

KOREAN WORD

ROMANIZED

EXPLANATION/REASON

1)

Hobaby

호애기

ho-ae-gi

• A change from his manly image

2)

Dancing Machine

댄싱머신

den-shing-meo-shin

• Dances well
   

3)

Black-faced Bunting Machine

촉새머신

chok-sae-meo-shin

• Nickname from YAMO, talks a lot like the black-faced bunting bird

4)

Hotwist?

흐끗&호끗호끗

ho-ggeut/ho-ggeut-ho-ggeut

• Hoya’s twist/twirl on stage

5)

HoWatch

호경꾼

ho-kyung-ggoon

• During Sesame Player, all he did was watch (goo-kyung) when Sungjong threw a fit by himself

6)

President Hoya

호통령

ho-tong-ryung

• During Tooniverse Mak Irae Show, he got appointed as Elementary school’s president

7)

Hoight Hook

호이트훅

ho-ee-teu-hook

• Right hook (punch) but Hoya version

8)

Horadori

호라돌이

ho-rah-do-ri

• Hoya+Boradori because he loves purple so much

9)

Tough Chicken

터프닭

teo-peu-dak

• Nickname given by Woohyun on 110404 Starcam

10)

Howonton

• His name and a kind of dumpling..

11)

HoGod

• When he on stage/camera..

12)

All manly

• He prefer people called him manly than cute