Korean slang profile
GAO
gao
General accounting office
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 일반회계국 (general accounting office) used in the article of the time.
- Expanded form
- 일반회계국일반회계국 (general accounting office)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Jul 16, 1998
- 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
당시 기사는 미국 의회 산하 기관을 GAO로 소개했다.
The article of the time introduced an agency under the U.S. Congress as GAO.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The body of a 1998 서울신문 article pairs the Korean name “일반회계국” with “GAO”. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean name and abbreviation in the 1998 article were compared. The spelling of the time is recorded; the full original-language form, the institution’s current name, and first use were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- “北 플루토늄 은닉 판별 불가”/뉴욕타임스 보도 (서울신문)Published Jul 16, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026