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여미새 yeo-mi-sae
A derogatory gamer slang term for a male teammate who throws the match to flirt with or excessively protect female players.
What does 여미새 mean?
여미새 (yeo-mi-sae) means: A derogatory gamer slang term for a male teammate who throws the match to flirt with or excessively protect female players.
In Korean online gaming spaces like League of Legends or Valorant, voice chat can turn toxic fast, and '여미새' is the ultimate weapon against simping. It’s a portmanteau of '여성' (woman), '미친' (crazy), and '새끼' (bastard/bird suffix), painting a vivid picture of a guy whose brain melts the second a girl speaks on the mic. Textbooks teach you polite gendered terms, but this is the raw, unfiltered underground vocabulary you'll hear in Discord when your jungler ignores dragon to follow a Lux around the map.
Other sides of 여미새
◆ Male Friend Group Banter — When the boys are hanging out and your buddy suddenly stands up straighter, fixes his hair, and softens his voice because a girl walked by, you don't call him a romantic—you hit him with this. It's crude, slangy, and strictly for male friend group banter where no actual malice is meant, though it definitely aims to humiliate him just enough for a laugh. Learners often mistake it for a formal clinical term, but in reality, it's verbal hazing among bros.
◆ Co-ed Social Gatherings — In a co-ed gathering, the moment a guy suddenly straightens his posture, changes his voice octave, and glues himself to the newly arrived women, someone at your table will mutter this word under their breath. It is not an affectionate tease; it is a social red card signaling desperation and a lack of loyalty to the group. Textbooks teach you polite relationship vocabulary, but natives use this to instantly map out the social predators and desperate energy in any room.
◆ Co-ed Social Gatherings — In a co-ed gathering, the moment a guy suddenly straightens his posture, changes his voice octave, and glues himself to the newly arrived women, someone at your table will mutter this word under their breath. It is not an affectionate tease; it is a social red card signaling desperation and a lack of loyalty to the group. Textbooks teach you polite relationship vocabulary, but natives use this to instantly map out the social predators and desperate energy in any room.
How it's actually used
- 아 저 여미새 때문에 게임 다 졌네.
a jeo yeo-mi-sae ttae-mune geim da jyeot-ne.
Ah, we totally lost the game because of that simp.
💡 Shows how the term is deployed as an immediate scapegoat for a lost match. - 목소리 좀 들었다고 바로 힐 주는 거 봐, 완전 여미새네.
mok-sori jom deureot-dago baro hil juneun geo bwa, wanjeon yeo-mi-sae-ne.
Look at him instantly giving heals just because he heard a voice, what a total yeomisae.
💡 Captures the exact moment of disgust when a teammate abandons strategy for female attention. - 디스코드 켜자마자 목소리 깔고 여자한테만 템 다 주는 저 여미새 좀 봐.
di-seu-ko-deu kyeo-ja-ma-ja mok-so-ri kkal-go yeo-ja-han-te-man tem da ju-neun jeo yeo-mi-sae jom bwa.
Look at that simp throwing the game—turning his mic pitch down and giving all his items away the second he hears a girl.
💡 Highly derogatory gaming slang; avoid in polite conversation.
Related words in Slang & Internet Culture
열받다 Yeol-bat-da열공 yeol-gong열일 yeol-il영고 yeong-go영끌 yeong-kkeul