Korean slang profile
시엠오
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Officer overseeing personnel and general affairs
An abbreviated job title of the time for the officer overseeing personnel management and general affairs.
- Expanded form
- Chief of Management OfficerChief of Management Officer
- Other spellings
- CMO
- Earliest source found
- Dec 31, 2000
- 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
이 자료에서 시엠오는 인사와 총무를 맡는 자리였다.
In this source, 시엠오 was a position handling personnel and general affairs.
02Documented history
- 2000The 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “시엠오”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』. The expanded form or corresponding name given by the collection is “Chief of Management Officer”. The first coiner and actual first use have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The original’s CMO is Chief of Management Officer, meaning the officer for personnel and general affairs. Other abbreviations with the same letters, such as a marketing officer, are distinguished.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2000년 신어, 본문 188쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 31, 2000Original source checked Nov 15, 2026