고무신

고무신

Korean

Etymology

고무 (gomu, “rubber”) +‎ 신 (sin, “shoe”). The colloquial sense is supposedly connected to the idiom.

고무신 (gomusin)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞muɕʰin]
• Phonetic hangeul: [고무신]

Revised Romanization? gomusin Revised Romanization (translit.)? gomusin McCune–Reischauer? komusin Yale Romanization? komusin

Noun

고무신 • (gomusin)

1. rubber slippers
2. (slang) a woman whose boyfriend has been conscripted into the army

   Synonym: 곰신 (gomsin, contraction)

Derived terms

• 고무신을 거꾸로 신다 (gomusineul geokkuro sinda, “to leave one's boyfriend for another man”, literally “to wear one's rubber slippers the wrong way”)