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Korean slang profile

합조단

hapjodan

Military joint investigation team

In the source, a shortened name for a military 합동 조사단, or joint investigation team.

Expanded form
합동 조사단합동 조사단 (joint investigation team)
Other spellings
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Earliest source found
Dec 28, 2001
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

    옛 기사에 합조단의 조사 내용이 나와 있다.

    The old article describes 합조단’s investigation.

02Documented history

  1. 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “합조단”.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The source gives the abbreviated structure of “합동 조사단 (joint investigation team)” and the meaning of “합조단” together. This was checked in the body of the 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』. The first user and time have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The definitions in the body of the 2001 collection were compared. The collection also includes previously used words absent from dictionaries. The original older articles re-quoted there were not separately opened, and neither the first use date nor the extent of spread at the time was verified.

04Sources

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

  1. 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 406쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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