Korean slang profile
길도우미
gildoumi
Korean alternative for car navigation
A Korean alternative to 내비게이션, the device that guides drivers along a route.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2006
- 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
차 안의 길도우미를 보고 목적지까지 찾아갔다.
I followed the 길도우미 in the car to reach my destination.
02Documented history
- 2006This source introduced “길도우미” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A paper in a 2006 National Institute of Korean Language publication presents 길도우미 as a combination of native Korean words proposed as an alternative to 내비게이션. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in the body of the official publication was directly checked. This paper analyzes survey material from 2002–2005, so it does not mean the expression first arose in 2006.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 최근 신어의 조어적 특징 — 새국어생활 제16권 제4호 (국립국어원)Published 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026