Korean slang profile
아마 고수
ama gosu
Highly skilled amateur
Someone highly skilled at Go, sports, or similar activities without performing professionally.
- Expanded form
- 아마추어 고수아마추어 고수 (highly skilled amateur)
- 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
동네 바둑 모임에 실력이 뛰어난 아마 고수가 있다.
Our neighborhood Go club has a highly skilled 아마 고수.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “아마 고수” 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 explains it as short for 아마추어 고수. 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