Etymology

sasaeng

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Today it means: An extremely obsessive K-pop fan whose fixation on an idol is unhealthy and intrusive. Full definition →

Korean 사생팬
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The story

  1. Korean · borrowed from사생팬
  2. English todaysasaeng

Borrowed from Korean 사생팬 (sasaengpaen), from 사생(私生) (sasaeng, “private life”) + 팬 (paen, “fan”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.