Korean slang profile
멈춰
meomchwo
An internet meme exaggerating the shout to stop an unwanted situation.
An internet meme exaggerating the shout to stop an unwanted situation.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 11, 2021
- 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
주말이 끝나기 전에 시간이여 멈춰를 외쳤어.
Before the weekend ended, I shouted, ‘Time, stop!’
02Documented history
- March 2021이투데이 introduced the renewed spread of a school-violence prevention campaign video as an internet meme.[1]
03Origin & word formation
이투데이 reports that a campaign video where people shouted ‘멈춰’ to prevent school violence later spread as an internet meme. Who first edited it into a meme and when it was posted could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
An explanation or context showing the meaning was checked, but the available evidence does not establish the first user.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 랜선 핫이슈 학교폭력 멈춰! 학폭 방지 영상 화제·배우 진기주, 삼성 퇴사한 이유? 外 (이투데이)Published Mar 11, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026