Catchword: momjjang

Filed under: Korean, South Korea, Health

Part of speech: n.

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.