Korean slang profile

멘찢

menjjit

An abbreviation for being deeply shaken emotionally.

Expanded form: 멘털이 찢어짐멘털이 찢어짐 (one's mental state is torn apart)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Nov 30, 2018
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
준비하던 일이 취소돼 멘찢이라고 친구에게 털어놨다.
I told a friend I was 멘찢 after the work I had been preparing was canceled.

02Documented history

November 2018The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

2018년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2018Original source checked Nov 14, 2026