Korean slang profile
대전살이
daejeonsali
Moving to a Daechi-dong jeonse home for schooling
A term formerly used for selling a home elsewhere and living under a jeonse lease in Daechi-dong, Seoul, to send children to schools in the Gangnam area.
- Expanded form
- 대치동 전세살이living under a jeonse lease in Daechi-dong
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
기사 속 가족은 자녀의 진학을 앞두고 대전살이를 고민했다.
The family in the article considered 대전살이 ahead of their child’s school transition.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “대전살이”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It joins shortened forms of 대치동 and 전세살이. It is distinguished from the sense of living in Daejeon Metropolitan City. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 9월 5주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026