Korean slang profile
엔도르핀녀
endoreupinnyeo
A woman who is cheerful and enjoys life, or also lifts the spirits of people around her.
A woman who is cheerful and enjoys life, or also lifts the spirits of people around her.
- Expanded form
- endorphin + 녀endorphin + 녀 (woman)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 9, 2010
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
밝은 격려 덕분에 동료들이 엔도르핀녀라고 불렀대.
Her upbeat encouragement led her coworkers to call her 엔도르핀녀.
02Documented history
- November 9, 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” included the expression and its definition in the new-word section.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” directly defines the expression in its new-word section. It gives its components as “endorphin + 녀”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The entry and definition in one collection were directly checked. The older articles cited in the collection were not separately checked, so their dates were not used as the earliest verified date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 48쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026