Korean slang profile

라스

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A shortened name for the variety show ‘라디오스타’.

Expanded form: 라디오스타라디오스타 (Radio Star)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Mar 19, 2020
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
어제 라스에서 나온 이야기가 재미있었어.
The stories on 라스 yesterday were funny.

02Documented history

March 2020OSEN shortened ‘라디오스타’ to ‘라스’ in an interview with the production team.[1]
December 2020노컷뉴스 used ‘라스’ in an article about the program’s 700th episode.[2]

03Origin & word formation

A 2020 OSEN article puts ‘이하 라스’ (hereafter 라스) after the program’s full title. 노컷뉴스 also used the abbreviation that year. Who first shortened it and when could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The explanation and usage were compared in the source. When it was first created could not be established.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

'라스' PD "김민아, 섭외만 반년...지상파 예능 맞춰 '선' 절제" [직격인터뷰] (OSEN)Published Mar 19, 2020Original source checked Nov 13, 2026
'라디오스타' 700회…윤종신-유세윤-규현 등 기존 MC들 출연 (노컷뉴스)Published Dec 23, 2020Original source checked Nov 13, 2026