Korean slang profile

회알못

hoealmot

Someone unfamiliar with information about a company, such as one they applied to.

Expanded form: 회사에 대해 알지 못하는 사람회사에 대해 알지 못하는 사람 (someone unfamiliar with a company)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Nov 30, 2018
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
면접 전에 회사를 조사하지 않아 회알못이라는 인상을 줄까 걱정했다.
I worried I would seem like a 회알못 for not researching the company before the interview.

02Documented history

November 2018The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.

04Sources

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

2018년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2018Original source checked Nov 14, 2026