Korean slang profile
이못싸
imotssa
Winning a match despite a poor performance.
Winning a match despite a poor performance.
- Expanded form
- 이겼지만 못 싸웠다이겼지만 못 싸웠다 (won but did not play well)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2019
- 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
점수는 앞섰지만 실수가 많아 이못싸라는 반응이 나왔다.
The score was ahead, but so many mistakes prompted reactions of 이못싸.
02Documented history
- December 2019The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 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.
- 2019년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2019Original source checked Nov 14, 2026