Korean slang profile
기억증
gieokjeung
Figurative tendency to remember too much
A figurative expression likening repeatedly remembering even things one could forget to a medical condition.
- Expanded form
- 기억 + 증memory + condition
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
사소한 장면까지 떠올리는 자신을 기억증에 빗대어 이야기했다.
I compared my tendency to recall even trivial scenes to 기억증.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “기억증”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It adds 증, indicating a medical condition, to 기억. This explains an expression in the checked new-word material. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 7월 1주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026