Korean slang profile
알쓸범잡
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A shortened title for the variety program ‘알아두면 쓸데있는 범죄 잡학사전’.
A shortened title for the variety program ‘알아두면 쓸데있는 범죄 잡학사전’.
- Expanded form
- 알아두면 쓸데있는 범죄 잡학사전알아두면 쓸데있는 범죄 잡학사전 (a useful encyclopedia of miscellaneous crime knowledge)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Apr 5, 2021
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
알쓸범잡에서 다룬 주제로 친구와 이야기했어.
I talked with a friend about a topic covered on 알쓸범잡.
02Documented history
- April 2021조이뉴스24 introduced ‘알아두면 쓸데있는 범죄 잡학사전’ and explicitly stated it would use ‘알쓸범잡’ thereafter.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for ‘알아두면 쓸데있는 범죄 잡학사전’ (a useful encyclopedia of miscellaneous crime knowledge). A 2021 source from 조이뉴스24 gives this explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
One source explicitly gives this explanation. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- '알쓸범잡', 첫 회부터 뜨거운 반응…양정우 PD “양질 프로그램 되도록 의견 부탁” (조이뉴스24)Published Apr 5, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026