Korean slang profile
야알못
yaalmot
Someone unfamiliar with baseball rules or game situations.
Someone unfamiliar with baseball rules or game situations.
- Expanded form
- 야구를 잘 알지 못하는 사람야구를 잘 알지 못하는 사람 (someone unfamiliar with baseball)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 21, 2016
- 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
야알못인 친구에게 볼과 스트라이크의 차이부터 설명했다.
I started by explaining balls and strikes to my 야알못 friend.
02Documented history
- 2016The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2016 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2016 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.
- 2016년 신어 조사 및 사용 주기 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 21, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026