Korean slang profile

학고

hakgo

Academic warning

An abbreviation of 학사경고, meaning an academic warning.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
이번 학기엔 학고 안 맞게 열심히 해야 해.
I need to work hard this semester so I don't get an academic warning.
Quoted from a source
강의실보다는 캠퍼스에서 낭만을 즐기다가 ‘학고’(학사경고)를 먹고 고민하던 중 “차라리 자퇴하라”는 황당한 충고를 받아들였다.[1]
I was enjoying romance on campus rather than in the classroom, and while contemplating taking ‘학고’ (academic warning), I accepted the absurd advice, “You’d better drop out.”
English translation by Julimmal.

July 2002I was enjoying romance on campus rather than in the classroom, and while contemplating taking ‘학고’ (academic warning), I accepted the absurd advice, “You’d better drop out.”[1]
January 2022Cookie News: “학고 Receiving a bachelor’s degree means ‘accepting the academic warning and preparing for the exam,’ but you need to be very careful about this choice.”[2]

Short for “학사경고.” The 2002 source from Kyunghyang Shinmun explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

One source explicitly explains the term. When it was first used is unknown.

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