쌍수
[ssang-su]
double-eyelid surgery; creating the crease; an eye job
Meaning & context
쌍꺼풀 수술의 줄임말. 쌍꺼풀 수술은 이렇듯 약어로까지 쓰이는, 매우 흔한 성형수술이다.
An abbreviation of ssang-keo-pul su-sul (쌍커풀 수술), or double-eyelid surgery. A procedure to reproduce the fold in eyelids common to Westerners, this type of cosmetic surgery is so widespread that its short form is in common use.
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 152–152. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
강남역 스타일
English
Gangnam Station Style
와, 저 여자 옆모습 좀 봐. 홀딱 반했어! 분명히 TenPro일거야!
Wow, look at her profile. I’m smitten! She must be a TenPro!
뭐?! 너가 정면에서 못 봐서 그래.
What?! You obviously haven’t seen her from the front.
그게 무슨 소리야?.
Why do you say that?
쌍수가 되다 말았어. 얼굴이 완전 이상해.
Her ssangsu didn’t take. She’s totally lopsided.
괜찮아. 난 독창적인 것을 좋아하니까. 다 똑같은 얼굴은 싫다고.
It’s all right. I dig originality. I don’t want a clone.
한 대 맞은 얼굴 같다니까!
She looks like she had a stroke!
강남역 스타일은 잊어버려, 저게 바로 내 스타일이야.
Forget Gangnam Station Style, that’s MY style.
From the book: notes & culture
The Straight Scoop
강남역 스타일 (Gangnam Station Style) there are so many cosmetic surgery hospitals turning out “beauty” clones near Gangnam station that Gangnam Station Style refers to the plastic girls that all try to look the same. And far too much surgery would produce a 성괴 (song-goe) or plastic monster.
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