Watching TV in the U.S. requires a lot of patience. Why? there are so many advertisements. Watching those advertisements in the middle of shows is annoying unless those ads are either funny or sexy. A few weeks ago, I was watching TV and there was a sexy ad. 🙂 It was a Victoria’s Secret ad. I assume you all know what Victoria’s Secret is. (Just in case, here is the url of the company, http://www.victoriassecret.com/)

In the ad, it started with “Hello Bombshell.” You guys all know how I am. I do not know any kind of slangs that are related to women. So, it is not surprising that I did not know what bombshell means. So, I asked Jessy. She knew and told me what that means. But, I did not get it. I asked to her and myself. Why does it mean that?

My non-native English speaker friends! Do you know what it means? It means an outrageously & exotically beautiful or attractive female. It is usually a blonde.

Again, why bombshell means those females. As we may know, bomb+shell is a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact, right? Eventually, it could kill people. In that sense, in Korea, if someone says a lady is a bomb or bombshell, that means she is so ugly that she could kill men by just showing up.

Very interestingly, on the other side of the earth, here in the U.S., it means totally opposite. My guess is that bombshell in the U.S. just means something that is very surprising, shocking and eventually amazing or sensational.

If I did not know what bombshell means in Korea, it would have been a lot easier for me to understand what it means in the U.S.

Anyway, there are so many bombshells in Korea and in the U.S. (Which bombshell? Well, no comment.)