Korean slang profile
밴드왜건 효과
baendeuwaegeon hyogwa
Bandwagon effect
The tendency to support a person or team that appears to be ahead.
- Expanded form
- bandwagon + 효과bandwagon + 효과 (effect)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
우승 후보라는 소문에 응원자가 늘어나는 모습을 밴드왜건 효과로 설명했다.
The growing support after rumors of a likely champion was explained as the bandwagon effect.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “밴드왜건 효과” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as supporting a person or team that looks likely to win. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026