Korean slang profile
놀이과외
noligwaoe
Scheduled private play-based tuition
An educational arrangement where a teacher plays games or does similar play activities with a child at scheduled times.
- Expanded form
- 놀이 + 과외놀이 (play) + 과외 (private tuition)
- Other spellings
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- 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
자료는 교사의 지도에 따라 함께 노는 놀이과외를 소개했다.
The source introduced 놀이과외 with shared play under a teacher’s guidance.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “놀이과외”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Names private tuition centered on play. 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, 21쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026