Korean slang profile
블록코어
beullokkoeo
A fashion style wearing sports uniforms, such as soccer or basketball jerseys, as everyday clothes or mixing them with other clothing.
A fashion style wearing sports uniforms, such as soccer or basketball jerseys, as everyday clothes or mixing them with other clothing.
- Expanded form
- bloke(사내) + normcore(평범한 스타일)bloke (사내) + normcore (ordinary style)
- Other spellings
- 블록코어룩, 블록코어 룩
- Earliest source found
- Jan 13, 2025
- 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
축구 유니폼에 청바지를 입어 블록코어로 맞췄어.
I paired a soccer jersey with jeans for a 블록코어 outfit.
02Documented history
- 2025-01-13Kukmin Ilbo introduced the trend of combining uniforms and everyday clothing and explained the word’s formation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2025 Kukmin Ilbo article explains it as a blend of bloke, a British word for a man, and normcore, meaning an ordinary style. It covers uniform-based fashion spreading among both men and women. Who first named it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked directly in the article. Who first named it and when it was first used need separate verification.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 프로 유니폼을 일상복으로 ‘블록코어’ 트렌드 확산…패션업계 스포츠 마케팅 강화 - 국민일보 (국민일보)Published Jan 13, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026