Korean slang profile
길치
gilchi
Person with a poor sense of direction
A person who has difficulty finding or remembering the way.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- 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
나는 길치라서 약속 장소까지 가는 길을 미리 확인했다.
Since I am 길치, I checked the route to our meeting place in advance.
02Documented history
- 2000The 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “길치”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』 gives the meaning and contemporary use of “길치”. Its inclusion in the survey does not mean it was first created in 2000. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
The original defines it as disparaging a person. A self-written example uses it lightly about oneself; the first coiner and formation process were not verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2000년 신어, 본문 47쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 31, 2000Original source checked Nov 15, 2026