ajumma
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She is now 65, and the sort of older woman known affectionately in Korean as an ajumma.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
We could have an entire conversation just about that, being an ajumma when you’re a teenager.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2015
I have to say that ajumma status is so … cool.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2015
But the word has also come to be associated with formidable female lung power, because the ajumma refuses to be quiet.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2015
MC: I’ve always been an ajumma, but when you get older, the culture we were brought up in works in our favor where aging is good, combatting the Hollywood idea that aging is bad.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2015
He suggested Trojan Women because so much of Korean culture is about the ajummas – “the Korean mamas and Korean women”, who “suffer but at the same time … are extremely fiery and passionate”.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2018
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