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Korean slang profile

말벅지

malbeokji

A figurative term for firm, muscular thighs resembling a horse’s legs.

A figurative term for firm, muscular thighs resembling a horse’s legs.

Expanded form
Not documented
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

    꾸준히 자전거를 탔더니 말벅지가 됐다고 하더라.

    After I kept cycling, people said I had 말벅지.

02Documented history

  1. 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. 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.

  1. 2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 35쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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