思密达

Mandarin

simpl.		思密达
trad.		思密達

Etymology

From the Korean formal (합쇼체) indicative sentence-final ending ―습니다 (-seumnida), attached to consonant-ending verb stems. Often used to ridicule the Korean creation theory.

Noun

思密达 (simplified, Pinyin sīmìdá, traditional 思密達)

1. (slang, pejorative) a Korean person

Synonyms

• 棒子 (bàngzi), 高丽棒子 (Gāolì bàngzi)

Interjection

思密达 (simplified, Pinyin sīmìdá)

1. (slang, pejorative, humorous) Sentence-final particle, indicating a state or completeness of an action.
   • 2011, Qilu Evening News, "与韩版《仲夏夜之梦》相约":

     现在流行一个笑话，无论世界各地出现任何杰出人物或某领域成就，最终韩国人总会跳出来说：这其实都是韩国的思密达！

     A joke that is very popular nowadays is that, whenever outstanding people or notable achievements in any part of the world become widely known, the Koreans will eventually stand up and claim: "This in fact came from Korea - seumnida!"

See also

• 爹死, 妈死 (imitation of Japanese honorific endings です、ます)