Korean slang profile
험비
heombi
Mobile U.S. military combat vehicle
In the source, an abbreviation for a mobile U.S. military combat vehicle.
- Expanded form
- High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled VehicleHigh Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
- Other spellings
- HMMWV
- 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
사진 속 차량을 설명하는 글에 험비라는 이름이 나왔다.
The name 험비 appeared in the text describing the vehicle in the photo.
02Documented history
- 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “험비”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source gives the abbreviated structure of “High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle” and the meaning of “험비” 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.
- 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 411쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026