Korean slang profile
믹스트존
mikseuteujon
A post-competition interview area
A shared press area near a stadium exit for interviewing athletes leaving after a competition.
- Expanded form
- mixed zonemixed zone
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
취재진은 믹스트존에서 경기를 마친 선수들을 기다렸다.
Reporters waited in the 믹스트존 for athletes after the game.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “믹스트존”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
An English name for the shared press space where athletes and reporters meet. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 29쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026