Korean slang profile
답내친
dapnaechin
A baseball situation where the pitcher gets a hit or home run after the batters fail to score.
A baseball situation where the pitcher gets a hit or home run after the batters fail to score.
- Expanded form
- 답답하면 내가 친다답답하면 내가 친다 (if it’s frustrating, I’ll hit it myself)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 20, 2013
- 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
오늘은 투수가 직접 점수를 내는 답내친 장면이 나왔어.
Today we saw a 답내친 moment when the pitcher scored a run personally.
02Documented history
- 2013-12-20“2013년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2013년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. It describes it as short for “답답하면 내가 친다”. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 26 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 69.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2013년 신어 자료집 — PDF 26쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 20, 2013Original source checked Nov 14, 2026