Korean slang profile
스누봇
seunubot
Hospital guidance robot’s name
The name of an intelligent robot that provided guidance at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.
- Expanded form
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital + robotSeoul National University Bundang Hospital + robot
- Other spellings
- SNUBHOT
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
스누봇을 소개한 자료에는 병원 안내 화면이 등장했다.
Material introducing 스누봇 showed a hospital-guidance screen.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “스누봇”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The robot’s name combines parts of the hospital’s English name and robot. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 9월 2주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026