Korean slang profile
아마 감독
ama gamdok
Coach of an amateur team
Short for a coach managing an amateur rather than professional sports team.
- Expanded form
- 아마추어 감독아마추어 감독 (amateur-team coach)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
대학 팀을 이끄는 아마 감독의 훈련 이야기를 읽었다.
I read about training with an 아마 감독 leading a university team.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “아마 감독” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection defines it as short for 아마추어 감독. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026