Korean slang profile
엄빠주의
eomppajuui
A warning to keep something from being seen or found out by one’s mom or dad.
A warning to keep something from being seen or found out by one’s mom or dad.
- Expanded form
- 엄마 아빠 주의엄마 아빠 주의 (watch out for Mom and Dad)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 9, 2010
- 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
깜짝 선물 준비 채팅방 이름을 엄빠주의로 정했어.
We named the chat for preparing the surprise gift 엄빠주의.
02Documented history
- November 9, 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” included the expression and its definition in the new-word section.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” directly defines the expression in its new-word section. It gives its components as “엄마 아빠 주의”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The entry and definition in one collection were directly checked. The older articles cited in the collection were not separately checked, so their dates were not used as the earliest verified date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 48쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026