Etymology

corn cheese

Today it means: A South Korean dish made of sweet corn (often canned) and mozzarella cheese. Full definition →

Korean 콘치즈 ← English corn + cheese
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The story

  1. English · derived fromcorn + cheese
  2. Korean · calque of콘치즈
  3. English todaycorn cheese

Calque of Korean 콘치즈 (konchijeu), itself a pseudo-anglicism from English corn + cheese.

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