(Originated from one of South Korea's most developed cities, Gangnam. Currently housing about 36% of S. Korea's plastic surgery clinics, Gangnam is one of the most influential areas in S. Korea in terms of amount of surgeries preformed per year.)
1. Someone who has gone through plastic surgeries in order to enhance the way they look.
2. Someone who has become addicted to plastic surgeries to the extent that they look unnatural and/or fake.
"I heard she had her whole face redesigned. She's become a real Gangnam beauty."
a gangnam beauty is mainly a woman who gets so much plastic surgery that it’s very noticeable. they usually just get the surgery in their facial visual area, but bodies of women can also be called a gangnam beauty.
Person 1: Did you see that girl’s face?
Person 2: Totally, she’s such a gangnam beauty.
2. "Gangnam" means "south(nam) of the river(gang)" in Korean. In this song, the "river(gang)" is the Han River, which penetrates the City of Seoul, capital of South Korea. The northern part of Seoul(gangbuk) has been the capital of Korea since the early 15th century. Development of Gangnam and expansion of Seoul started in 1970s. Gangnam is the icon of the rapid economic development of South Korea in 1970s and 80s. Mostly benefited from skyrocketing real estate price followed by planned economic development, Gangnam has become the most wealthy area in the entire South Korea. "Gangnam" is being regarded as the place where people are rich, girls are pretty and everything is supposed to be cool.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."