Korean slang profile
고시 과외
gosi gwaoe
Informal coaching by exam passers
Receiving informal guidance from someone who has passed a major qualifying exam to help pass it oneself.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
그는 준비 방법을 배우려고 고시 과외를 알아보았다.
They looked into 고시 과외 to learn how to prepare.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “고시 과외” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as receiving informal instruction from people who have passed the exam. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026