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Korean slang profile

전공련

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National public-official workplace council federation

A shortened name for 전국 공무원 직장 협의회 총연합.

Expanded form
전국 공무원 직장 협의회 총연합전국 공무원 직장 협의회 총연합 (national federation of public officials’ workplace councils)
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

    당시 자료에 전공련의 결성 과정이 나와 있다.

    The material of the time describes how 전공련 was formed.

02Documented history

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

03Origin & word formation

The source gives the abbreviated structure of “전국 공무원 직장 협의회 총연합 (national federation of public officials’ workplace councils)” and the meaning of “전공련” 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 307쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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