{{Short description|Korean-language insult for women}} {{Infobox Korean name/auto | hangul = 보슬아치 }}
'''''Boseulachi''''', occasionally spelled '''''boslachi''''', is a South Korean insult formed from the words ''boji'' ({{Korean|hangul=보지|lit=vulva}}) and ''byeoseurachi'' ({{Korean|hangul=벼슬아치|lit=bureaucrat|labels=no}}).<ref name="buckj">[http://www.pressian.com/article/article.asp?article_num=50120427113832 압구정 가슴녀'와 '분당선 대변녀', 공통점은…] 프레시안</ref>
==History== Some{{according to whom|date=March 2024}} say the word originated during the 90s in the early days of Korean internet communities in PC Tongshin.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |title='Ladygate' incidents point to misogyny on the Korean Internet — Yonhap News Agency |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20121122003500315 |access-date=23 March 2026 |website=YONHAP News |quote='Boseulachi' a term combining the Korean words for a body part and an ancient government official, is used specifically for women deemed to be acting with a degree of undeserved self‑importance}}</ref> But the word ''boseulachi'' is said to have emerged in 2006 on South Korean internet forums as a term South Korean men use to describe vain and egotistical women.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/view/ss_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001541314|title=보슬아치? 그게 뭐야?|trans-title=''Boseulachi''? What is this?|work=OhmyNews|accessdate=22 October 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141844/http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/view/ss_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001541314|archivedate=24 September 2015}}</ref> It was ordinarily directed towards a girl or woman with an aggressive personality.<ref>[http://krdic.naver.com/detail.nhn?docid=16645800 Naver Korean Dictionary: Byeoseulachi] {{in lang|ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressian.com/pages/articles/4399|title='실패한 농담'이 남긴 뒷맛|last=최 |first=태섭 |date=February 12, 2012|website=Pressian}}</ref>
==Related expressions== A related expression was Doenjang Girl. A Doenjang Girl seeks luxury and is vain and proud.<ref>[http://economy.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/200608/e2006081116245548910.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200914/http://economy.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/200608/e2006081116245548910.htm |date=2014-01-02 }} [토요산책] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200914/http://economy.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/200608/e2006081116245548910.htm |date=January 2, 2014 }} 스타벅스와 '된장녀' {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200914/http://economy.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/200608/e2006081116245548910.htm |date=2014-01-02 }} 서울신문</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0000352615|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102201626/http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0000352615|url-status=unfit|title=여성시대를 거꾸로 예언한 두 화가전|date=August 15, 2006|archivedate=January 2, 2014|website=OhmyNews}}</ref>
== See also == * Female chauvinism * Feminazi * Misandry
== References == <references />
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922172058/http://www.boslachi.com/ boslachi.com]: South Korean Anti-''Boseulachi'' site * [http://cafe.daum.net/bosl/ Anti-''Boseulachi'' cafe] * [http://www.pressian.com/article/article.asp?article_num=10120212145926 <나꼼수> '실패한 농담'이 남긴 뒷맛] 프레시안 {{in lang|ko}} * [http://www.pressian.com/article/article.asp?article_num=50120427113832 '압구정 가슴녀'와 '분당선 대변녀', 공통점은…] 프레시안 {{in lang|ko}} * [http://www.ilyosisa.co.kr/news/article.html?no=8330 新결혼관에 남성들 쓴웃음 짓는 이유] Ilyosisanews 2010-06-22 {{in lang|ko}} * [http://www.mediapen.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=5322 {{bracket|최다댓글뉴스}} 적령기女 미혼율 60%] mediapen * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200352/http://old.dcnews.in/news_list.php?code=repo2&id=559269 ‘보트릭스’ 속 ‘보슬아치’ 잡는 ‘초식남’을 아시나요? 新결혼관에 남성들 쓴웃음 짓는 이유] 디시뉴스 2010-06-25 {{in lang|ko}}
Category:Society of South Korea Category:Slang terms for women Category:Pejorative terms for women Category:Korean words and phrases