Korean slang profile
대회 울렁증
daehoe ulreongjeung
Competition nerves
A figurative term for losing confidence and becoming nervous in competitions, unlike in normal practice.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 대회울렁증
- Earliest source found
- 2009
- 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
연습 때는 잘하던 선수도 대회 울렁증 때문에 실수를 했다.
Even an athlete who did well in practice made mistakes because of 대회 울렁증.
02Documented history
- 2009The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』 lists the spelling and meaning of “대회 울렁증” and gives contemporary media examples.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage context of “대회 울렁증” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』. This verifies the examples included in the collection, not the original creator or actual first use.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling and definition were compared in one official collection. The older article dates re-quoted there were not used as the earliest verified date; only 2009, the collection’s publication year, was used.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2008년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원)Published 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026