Korean slang profile

정모

jeongmo

A regular group meetup

An abbreviation for a regularly scheduled gathering, such as a club meetup.

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

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
이번 달 정모는 토요일이야.
This month's regular meetup is on Saturday.
Quoted from a source
DPO의 정모(정기모임)는 주로 추리 퀴즈로 진행된다.[1]
DPO's 정모 (regular meeting) is mainly conducted as a reasoning quiz.
English translation by Julimmal.

March 2006DPO's 정모 (regular meeting) is mainly conducted as a reasoning quiz.[1]
December 2008Maeil Shinmun: “900 is just the standard for online registered members, and the number of friends who regularly attend the quarterly 정모 (regular meeting) is around 100.”[2]

Short for “정기모임.” The 2006 source from Kyunghyang Shinmun explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationHigh

The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.

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