Korean slang profile
러너업 슬램
reoneoeop seulraem
Second in all four majors in one year
Finishing second in all four golf majors within one year.
- Expanded form
- runner up slamrunner up slam
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
골프 기록을 정리한 글에서 러너업 슬램이라는 표현을 읽었다.
I read 러너업 슬램 in an article compiling golf records.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “러너업 슬램” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as finishing runner-up in all four majors in a year. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026