Korean slang profile
타이거슬램
taigeoseulraem
Four consecutive golf majors across years
Winning men’s golf’s four major championships consecutively across two years rather than within one year.
- Expanded form
- Tiger slamTiger slam
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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 설명하는 글에서 타이거슬램과 그랜드슬램을 구별했다.
An article about golf records distinguished 타이거슬램 from a Grand Slam.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “타이거슬램”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Named after Tiger Woods winning four majors consecutively across a change of year. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 61쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026