Korean slang profile

운알못

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Someone unfamiliar with exercise methods or related knowledge.

Expanded form: 운동을 잘 알지 못하는 사람운동을 잘 알지 못하는 사람 (someone unfamiliar with exercise)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Nov 30, 2018
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
운알못이라 기구 사용법을 먼저 물어봤다.
As a 운알못, I first asked how to use the equipment.

02Documented history

November 2018The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2018 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

2018년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Nov 30, 2018Original source checked Nov 14, 2026