Korean slang profile
세젤무
sejelmu
An exaggerated way to call someone the scariest person in the world.
An exaggerated way to call someone the scariest person in the world.
- Expanded form
- 세상에서 제일 무서운 사람세상에서 제일 무서운 사람 (the scariest person in the world)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 30, 2017
- 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
게임에 진 뒤 조용해진 친구가 오늘의 세젤무라고 농담했다.
I joked that my friend, silent after losing the game, was today's 세젤무.
02Documented history
- November 2017The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2017 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2017 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.
- 2017년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2017Original source checked Nov 14, 2026