슴가

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Korean

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Etymology

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From 가슴 (gaseum) with the order of syllables reversed. First attested in the mid 2000s.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seumga
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seumga
McCune–Reischauer?sŭmga
Yale Romanization?sumka

Noun

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슴가 (seumga)

  1. (slang, neologism, vulgar) boob; woman's breast
    Synonym: 유방(乳房) (yubang)
    Hypernym: 가슴 (gaseum, men's chest; women's breast)

Usage notes

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  • Usually used with a sexualizing connotation to refer to women's breasts.

Trivia

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The slang 슴가 was first popularized in the Internet as a euphemism for woman's breast. But it is quite vulgar expression for breast today, since it lacked everyday contexts of the original word 가슴 (gaseum) and kept only sexual one.