찢재명

Korean

Etymology

Blend of 찢다 (jjitda, “to tear; to rip”) +‎ 이재명 (I-jaemyeong, “Lee Jae-myung”), from a leaked video of a personal dispute between Lee and his sister-in-law in 2014, during which Lee quotes his brother as having threatened to "rip" their mother's genitalia with a knife, apparently because she took Lee's side in a long-running family dispute. This was misunderstood or intentionally distorted by opponents as Lee himself having threatened his sister-in-law.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕ͈it̚t͡ɕ͈ɛmjʌ̹ŋ] ~ [t͡ɕ͈it̚t͡ɕ͈e̞mjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [찓째명/찓쩨명]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Jjitjaemyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Jjij'jaemyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	Tchitchaemyŏng
Yale Romanization?	ccic.caymyeng

Proper noun

찢재명 • (Jjit-Jaemyeong)

1. (derogatory, neologism) Lee Jae-myung, South Korean politician [from c. 2017]