Korean slang profile

교복특

gyobokteuk

An abbreviation for an educational welfare project supporting students in disadvantaged educational circumstances.

Expanded form: 교육 복지 특별 지원 사업교육 복지 특별 지원 사업 (special educational welfare support project)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Dec 20, 2013
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
학교 안내문에서 교복특 프로그램 일정을 확인했어.
I checked the 교복특 program schedule in the school notice.

02Documented history

2013-12-20“2013년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2013년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. It describes it as short for “교육 복지 특별 지원 사업”. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 18 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 69.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

2013년 신어 자료집 — PDF 18쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 20, 2013Original source checked Nov 14, 2026