ulzzang

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Etymology

From Korean 얼짱 (eoljjang).

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Noun

ulzzang (countable and uncountable, plural ulzzangs)

  1. (uncountable, often used attributively) A South Korean subculture emphasizing idealized beauty, in particular large, round eyes and softened features.
    • 2012, Margo DeMello, Faces Around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia of the Human Face‎, page 199:
      The ulzzang look often takes work to achieve.
    • 2015, Woodrow Barfield, Cyber-Humans: Our Future with Machines‎, pages 233–234:
      In other words, an ulzzang girl strives to have behemoth, circular eyes, a tiny nose and mouth, flawless pale skin and a tiny body dressed up in coordinated outfits.
    • 2016, Linda Trinh Võ, “Transnational Beauty Circuits: Asian American Women, Technology, and Circle Contact Lenses”, in LeiLani Nishime, Shilpa Dave, Tasha Oren, editors, Global Asian American Popular Cultures‎, page 310:
      Although ulzzang subculture is about fashion that includes hair and clothing, its emphasis on facial features helped to popularize circle contact lenses.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ulzzang.
  2. (countable, South Korean idol fandom) A good-looking person.
    • 2010, "Momokun", "Beauty is PAIN", Asian Outlook (Binghamton University), Volume 23, Issue 4, Spring 2010, page 17:
      These lenses are also made popular by ulzzangs (얼짱), which means “best face.”
    • 2015, Ko Jung-Wook, Jaysek, Reborn, unnumbered page:
      "Hey, she's the ulzzang (pretty face) from Geuman Girls' High School."
    • 2020, Millie Ho, "Hungry Ghost", in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 33, March/April 2020, page 140:
      We met on a language exchange
      app, me the English teacher who'd swooped into
      Hongdae like a sudden wind, her the ulzzang who
      dreamed of opening a BBQ restaurant in America.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ulzzang.
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