Korean slang profile
파잘알
pajalal
Someone with extensive knowledge or experience of pasta.
Someone with extensive knowledge or experience of pasta.
- Expanded form
- 파스타에 대해 잘 아는 사람파스타에 대해 잘 아는 사람 (someone knowledgeable about pasta)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2019
- 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
파잘알인 친구가 면 종류에 맞는 소스를 알려 줬다.
My 파잘알 friend explained which sauces suit different pasta shapes.
02Documented history
- December 2019The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2019년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2019Original source checked Nov 14, 2026