Korean slang profile
만찢녀
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A woman who looks straight out of a comic
A woman described as so good-looking that she seems to have stepped out of a comic book.
- Expanded form
- 만화를 찢고 나온 여자A woman who looks straight out of a comic
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 24, 2014
- Documented trend period
- Around 2014~
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
저 모델 만찢녀 아니야?
Doesn't that model look straight out of a comic book?
- Quoted from a source
‘만찢남’(만화를 찢고나온 남자), ‘만찢녀’가 등장했다.[1]
The terms 만찢남, a man who seems to have stepped out of a comic book, and 만찢녀 appeared.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- November 2014The Fact wrote that ‘만찢녀’ appeared along with ‘만찢남’ (the man who tore up the comic) in an article on the first broadcast of the webtoon-based drama ‘Doctor Frost’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Understood as short for 만화를 찢고 나온 여자. The 2014 The Fact article explicitly explains the male counterpart 만찢남 and pairs it with 만찢녀; the female form's expansion is inferred from that pairing. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The source does not define 만찢녀 separately; its explanation is inferred from the definition of 만찢남.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [TF다시보기] '닥터 프로스트' 첫방, 만찢남-만찢녀가 나타났다 (더팩트)Published Nov 24, 2014Original source checked Nov 5, 2026