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princess disease

princess disease
 n.— «The yoohaksaeng girls have this Princess Disease about graduating from a Western college and going back to Korea to meet rich successful Korean businessmen whose family may be impressed enough with her education to allow their son to marry her (a sort of “I’m as powerful as my husband” mentality).» —“Re: Are there any good Korean girls out there?” by William John Sowa Usenet: soc.culture.korean Feb. 10, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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