BLACKPINK Fans Are Calling Lisa Their “Oppa”, Here’s How She Got Her Unusual Nickname

BLACKPINK‘s Lisa has many nicknames such as “Limario”, “Nallalisa”, and “Lalice”, but one of BLINKs’ favourite nicknames is “Lisa-oppa“.

Most of Lisa’s monikers are a play on her name, but “Lisa-oppa” has more to do with her personality and how she interacts with her fellow members.

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“Oppa” means “older brother” in Korean, but girls also use it to affectionately address guys they are not related to, including their favourite male K-Pop idols. The female equivalent is “unnie“, which means “older sister”.

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Lisa is the youngest BLACKPINK member, which makes Jisoo, Jennie, and Rosé her “unnies”.

Why then, do BLINKs call this gorgeous gal their oppa rather than their unnie?

Some women might find it uncomfortable to be called by a masculine pet name, but Lisa doesn’t seem to mind. In fact, she has lots of fun with it! When fans called her oppa during this live broadcast, she laughed, applauded…

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…and put her arms around her members, just like a caring oppa would.

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This iconic nickname is believed to have originated as a response to a viral video clip called Lisa is oppa… that has since been deleted from YouTube, due to copyright infringement.

After seeing the clip, Lisa said “Lisa-oppa is back” during a 2017 live broadcast. In this broadcast, Lisa also requested that BLINKS call her oppa.

Lisa actually asked to be called oppa on Vlive.

— Heather Clore (@KitHisaki) June 25, 2017

lisa asked blinks to call her oppa LmAOOOO

— yoonie bb 💘 (@caIicojimin) February 8, 2017

if lisa asked us blinks to call her oppa then we will call her oPPA pic.twitter.com/fnvcJCzThP

— emily on semi-hiatus. (@citybhlights) February 7, 2017