What 손민수 means
Copying someone's style or belongings exactly. Used as a verb, 손민수하다 (“I 손민수'd IU's hair”), and a copied item is a 손민수템.
Origin
A character in Cheese in the Trap, a Naver webtoon by the artist Soonkki that began in July 2010. Son Min-su secretly copies the heroine Hong Seol, from her hairstyle to her clothes (Careet).
Spread
The 2016 tvN drama adaptation made the name even better known. By 2020, Careet and Marie Claire Korea were listing it as teen and twentysomething slang.
Careful
In the original, Son Min-su is an irritating character. It's light when you're joking with friends or copying a celebrity, but snide if you're calling someone a copycat.
Word history
Community definitions (2)
Copying someone else's style or taste item for item. From a character in the webtoon Cheese in the Trap who imitated the heroine.
다른 사람의 옷차림이나 취향을 그대로 따라 하는 것을 뜻한다. 웹툰 〈치즈인더트랩〉에서 주인공을 따라 하던 인물 이름에서 왔다.
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