Korean slang profile
GM
gm
An online English greeting short for ‘Good Morning’.
An online English greeting short for ‘Good Morning’.
- Expanded form
- Good MorningGood Morning
- Other spellings
- gm
- Earliest source found
- Jan 19, 2016
- 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
아침에 단체 채팅방에 들어가 GM이라고 인사했다.
I entered the group chat in the morning and said GM.
02Documented history
- January 2016The source shows this expression's meaning and usage.[1]
03Origin & word formation
세계일보 presents ‘GM’ as short for ‘Good Morning’. This differs from abbreviations for a company name or game operator. When it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were compared with the source text. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [설왕설래] 줄임말 (세계일보)Published Jan 19, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026