Korean slang profile
소시
sosi
Girls’ Generation, shortened
A shortened name for the music group 소녀시대.
- Expanded form
- 소녀시대소녀시대 (Girls’ Generation)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Aug 11, 2009
- 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
소시의 무대 영상을 찾아봤다.
I looked up a 소시 stage-performance video.
02Documented history
- 2009-08-11A 2009 Yonhap News article pairs 소녀시대 and 소시 as trademark forms applied for in connection with the same group.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2009 Yonhap News article pairs 소녀시대 and 소시 as trademark forms applied for in connection with the same group. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The formal name, definition, and independent abbreviation in the text were directly compared. The first naming and use have not been verified. The paired full group name and abbreviation in trademark applications were checked separately from the articles’ reference to the group.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- SM, 동방신기ㆍ슈주 등 상표 추가 출원 (연합뉴스)Published Aug 11, 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- 소시-슈주, “가수 대상? 아니죠~”…방송 시상식서 결실 (조이뉴스24)Published Dec 31, 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026