Korean slang profile
언러닝
eolleoning
The process of deliberately clearing out familiar but outdated knowledge, habits, and assumptions to accept new approaches.
The process of deliberately clearing out familiar but outdated knowledge, habits, and assumptions to accept new approaches.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 25, 2026
- 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
새 도구를 배우기 전에 예전 방식을 언러닝하는 게 먼저였다.
Before learning the new tool, I first needed to do 언러닝 of the old approach.
02Documented history
- March 2026이투데이 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]
03Origin & word formation
이투데이 explained it in 2026 as discarding previously learned thinking and behavior and replacing them with new approaches. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. When it was first used and how it spread need further comparison.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [이투데이 말투데이] 신출귀몰(神出鬼沒)/언러닝 (이투데이)Published Mar 25, 2026Original source checked Nov 13, 2026