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Lesson 8

Are you smart enough to guess what this word means? 뇌섹남?! What the heck does that mean?! Cassie explains this popular phrase, seen frequently in the subtitles of variety shows and in relation to celebrities, but it can be used for anyone!

Examples used in this lesson

주연아, 이상형이 뭐야?
Jooyeon. What's your type?

저는 뇌섹남 스타일이 좋아요.
I like intellectual.

들어가세요.
Sit down.

언니, BTS 랩몬스터 알아요?
Kyeong-eun, do you know Rap Monster from BTS?

어, 알지. 걔 영어 진짜 잘 하더라.
Of course. He speaks English very well.

맞아요. 완전 뇌섹남이에요!
Right. He is such an intellectual!