고무신

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Romanizations
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”)
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