Korean slang profile
중립팬
jungrippaen
A fan who enjoys things impartially without favoring a particular team or person.
A fan who enjoys things impartially without favoring a particular team or person.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 9, 2010
- 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
중립팬 입장에서도 마지막 승부는 흥미진진했어.
Even as a neutral fan, I found that final showdown thrilling.
02Documented history
- November 9, 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” included the expression and its definition in the new-word section.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” directly defines the expression in its new-word section. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The entry and definition in one collection were directly checked. The older articles cited in the collection were not separately checked, so their dates were not used as the earliest verified date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 55쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026