ulzzang
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A South Korean subculture emphasizing idealized beauty, in particular large, round eyes and softened features.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The ulzzang look often takes work to achieve."
- "In other words, an ulzzang girl strives to have behemoth, circular eyes, a tiny nose and mouth, flawless pale skin and a tiny body dressed up in coordinated outfits."
- "Although ulzzang subculture is about fashion that includes hair and clothing, its emphasis on facial features helped to popularize circle contact lenses."
- "These lenses are also made popular by ulzzangs (얼짱), which means “best face.”"
- ""Hey, she's the ulzzang (pretty face) from Geuman Girls' High School.""
- "[…] We met on a language exchange app, me the English teacher who'd swooped into Hongdae like a sudden wind, her the ulzzang who dreamed of opening a BBQ restaurant in America."
Etymology
From Korean 얼짱 (eoljjang).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: 얼짱
Usage
Inflected Forms
ulzzangs (plural)