Korean slang profile
의총
uichong
Lawmakers’ general meeting
Short for a general meeting of lawmakers.
- Expanded form
- 의원 총회의원 총회 (general meeting of lawmakers)
- 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
소속 의원들이 의총에서 안건을 논의했다.
The affiliated lawmakers discussed the agenda at 의총.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “의총” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection explicitly says it is short for 의원 총회. 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.
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