맘충

Combines 맘 (mom) with the insect suffix 충 (蟲), which likens people to bugs. Korean press reports describe it as targeting mothers seen as thoughtless toward others in cafes, restaurants and other public places; a 2016 article tied its 2015 spread to the DC Inside community and counted about 48,508 online mentions that year. Newspapers and commentators criticise it for turning isolated incidents into a generalisation about all mothers; Money Today describes it as used mostly by men, in parallel with 한남충 used mostly by women. Where the 충 suffix itself began is disputed (theories include Japanese net culture and the term 무뇌충); some reports name 일베충 as an early example. The exact first appearance was not confirmed in the sources found.