Korean slang profile
엠큐에스
emkyueseu
Olympic qualifying score
An abbreviation of the time for the qualifying score needed to participate in the Olympics in shooting and similar sports.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- MQS
- Earliest source found
- Dec 31, 2000
- 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
선수는 엠큐에스를 얻은 뒤 대표 선발전에 참가했다.
The athlete entered the national selection competition after attaining 엠큐에스.
02Documented history
- 2000The 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “엠큐에스”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The spelling and contemporary meaning of “엠큐에스” were checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』. The detailed components of its original form and the time of first use were not verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
The original pairs MQS with the Olympic qualifying score. The exact full English expansion and first use were not verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2000년 신어, 본문 212쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 31, 2000Original source checked Nov 15, 2026