Korean slang profile
공알못
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Someone unfamiliar with performances; in politics, it can also mean someone unfamiliar with campaign pledges.
Someone unfamiliar with performances; in politics, it can also mean someone unfamiliar with campaign pledges.
- Expanded form
- 공연을 잘 알지 못하는 사람 / 공약을 잘 알지 못하는 사람공연을 잘 알지 못하는 사람 / 공약을 잘 알지 못하는 사람 (someone unfamiliar with performances / someone unfamiliar with campaign pledges)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 30, 2017
- 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
공알못이라 공연을 보기 전에 해설을 찾아 읽었다.
As a 공알못, I read an explanation before attending the performance.
02Documented history
- November 2017The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2017 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2017 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2017년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2017Original source checked Nov 14, 2026