Korean slang profile
특수
teuksu
Special investigation
Short for special investigation.
- Expanded form
- 특별 수사특별 수사 (special investigation)
- 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
옛 검찰 조직 자료에서 특수라는 약칭을 확인했다.
I checked the abbreviation 특수 in old material on prosecutors’ organization.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “특수” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection explicitly says it is short for 특별 수사. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
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. The abbreviation for investigative work is covered here, distinct from the ordinary word 특수 meaning special.
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