Korean slang profile
마상
masang
That hurt my feelings
An expression meaning that someone's feelings have been hurt.
- Expanded form
- 마음의 상처That hurt my feelings
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- May 16, 2019
- Documented trend period
- Around 2019~
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
그 말 듣고 마상 입었어.
That really hurt my feelings.
- Quoted from a source
‘마상’(마음의 상처)[1]
마상: hurt feelings.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- May 2019The Seoul Newspaper broke the news about the Golden Bell Quiz on New Words for the Elderly and introduced ‘마상 (Heart Wound)’ as one of the 13 new words on the question.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for 마음의 상처, meaning hurt feelings. A 2019 Seoul Shinmun article explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The article explicitly explains the term. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 손 내밀면 사라져요, 장애도 갈등도 (서울신문)Published May 16, 2019Original source checked Nov 5, 2026