Korean slang profile
존모
jonmo
Switching to polite speech in a particular situation when one normally does not use it.
Switching to polite speech in a particular situation when one normally does not use it.
- Expanded form
- 존댓말 모드존댓말 모드 (polite-speech mode)
- 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
친구끼리 장난치다 부탁할 일이 생기니 갑자기 존모가 됐다.
After joking with friends, I suddenly went 존모 when I needed a favor.
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