Korean slang profile
명사박사
myeongsabaksa
English learner stuck on nouns
A metaphor used in English study for someone who knows only nouns well or repeatedly studies only that section.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- 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
진도를 자꾸 처음부터 다시 시작해 명사박사가 됐다는 농담을 했다.
I joked that restarting from the beginning all the time had made me a 명사박사.
02Documented history
- 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “명사박사”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 includes the spelling and meaning of “명사박사”. This collection also includes previously used words absent from dictionaries. 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. The general definition under the first headword was checked together with the explanation on PDF page 354 about repeatedly reading only the beginning of a reference book.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 106쪽 (국립국어연구원); 집합박사 설명 338쪽 함께 대조Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026