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Catchword for “momjjang”
Catchword: momjjang
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Part of speechn.
Quotation: If you came up with “Momjjang” then you are correct. This quickly coined phrase, which literally means in Korean slang “good body shape” or “knockout body,” and the fitness craze that it spawned became one of the year’s biggest trends that had young people and middle-aged people sweating it out in health clubs losing those unwanted pounds and getting into shape.
Article or document title:
“The `Shape’ of Things to Come” (URL)
Author:
Jeffrey Miller
Article, document, publication, web site:
Korea Times
Publishing location:
Seoul, S. Korea
Date of publication:
Dec. 12, 2004
This catchword has yet to be researched.
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