Korean slang profile
모자춤
mojachum
A dance using a hat
A dance using a hat as a prop.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 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
발표회에서 모자를 돌리는 모자춤을 선보였다.
We performed a 모자춤 spinning hats at the recital.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “모자춤” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection defines a dance using a hat as a prop, not one specific choreography. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026