Korean slang profile
양파 머리
yangpa meori
Onion-shaped hairstyle
A rounded hairstyle likened to half an onion placed on the head.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 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
둥글게 다듬은 앞머리를 보고 친구가 양파 머리 같다고 했다.
My friend said my rounded bangs looked like 양파 머리.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “양파 머리” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection explains the expression as comparing a hairstyle to an onion’s round cut surface. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026