Korean slang profile
머드 게임
meodeu geim
Text-based multiuser online game
An abbreviation for an online game that multiple users access together and play mainly through text.
- Expanded form
- Multiple User Dungeon/Dimension GameMultiple User Dungeon/Dimension Game
- Other spellings
- MUD, MUD 게임
- 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
머드 게임에서 명령어를 입력해 이동했다.
I moved around in the 머드 게임 by entering commands.
02Documented history
- 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “머드 게임”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source gives the abbreviated structure of “Multiple User Dungeon/Dimension Game” and the meaning of “머드 게임” 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.
- 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 103쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026