Korean slang profile
마우스포테이토
mauseupoteito
Someone who spends most of their time at home absorbed in online content such as computer games or chatting.
Someone who spends most of their time at home absorbed in online content such as computer games or chatting.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 19, 2011
- 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
휴일 내내 컴퓨터 앞에 있던 나를 마우스포테이토라고 불렀어.
They called me a 마우스포테이토 because I spent the whole holiday at my computer.
02Documented history
- December 19, 2011The appendix to the National Institute of Korean Language’s “요긴하게 쓸 만한 다듬은 말 61개” included the expression and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The appendix to the National Institute of Korean Language’s “요긴하게 쓸 만한 다듬은 말 61개” lists this expression as a term selected for replacement with clearer Korean and directly explains its meaning. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
Individual entries and definitions in a single official collection were directly checked. Published in 2011, it compiles terms selected for clearer Korean replacements from 2004 through 2011; this does not mean the expressions originated or became popular in 2011. The original announcements were not separately opened, so the publication date was used as the earliest verified evidence date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 요긴하게 쓸 만한 다듬은 말 61개 — PDF 106쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 19, 2011Original source checked Nov 14, 2026