[Korean new word] '-알못[-almot]', who don't know much about something

 

  There are words ending with '-알못[-almot]', such as '요알못[yo-almot], 축알못[Chukalmot]'. In this case, '-알못[-almot]' is not an expression officially registered in the Korean dictionary, but it is an abbreviation of '알지 못하는 사람(people who do not know much about something)', and a lot of young people already use it. It is used after various fields. It means a person who does not have much knowledge in any field.

 

Examples of words with '-almot'

• Yo-almot(요알못) : cooking(요리) + people who don't know much about(알못)
• Sul-almot(술알못) : alcohol(술) + people who don't know much about(알못)
• Ya-almot(야알못) : baseball(야구) + people who don't know much about(알못)
• Chuk-almot(축알못) : soccer(축구) + people who don't know much about(알못)
• Hel-almot(헬알못) : working out(헬스) + people who don't know much about(알못)
• Gol-almot(골알못) : golf(골프) + people who don't know much about(알못)
• Deung-almot(등알못) : mountaineering(등산) + people who don't know much about(알못)
• Ju-almot(주알못) : stocks(주식) + people who don't know much about(알못)
• Bu-almot(부알못) : real estate(부동산) + people who don't know much about(알못)
• Hip-almot(힙알못) : hip-hop(힙합) + people who don't know much about(알못)
• Pae-almot(패알못) : fashion(패션) + people who don't know much about(알못)
• Young-almot(영알못) : english(영어) + people who don't know much about(알못)

 

 

  There are actually an infinite number of words that can be added before '-알못[-almot]', but the most used expressions seem to be the same as above. The opposite expression is '-잘알[-jalal]'. '-잘알[-jalal]' will be dealt with in another post. 🙂

 

  You cannot learn it from book because it's really recent expression, but a lot of young people already use it. Please leave the comment if you have more question about it. Hope it helps you to improve your Korean. :)

 

 

Lesson in Korean Ver. :

[한국어 신조어] 요알못, 야알못 등 '-알못' 뜻

[한국어 신조어] 요알못, 야알못 등 '-알못' 뜻

 

 

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