Korean slang profile
대올림
daeolrim
Passing children’s devices to parents
Parents inheriting and using digital devices previously used by their children, such as phones or music players.
- Expanded form
- 대 + 올림generation + passing upward
- 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
새 기기를 산 뒤 예전 기기는 부모님께 대올림했다.
After buying a new device, I did 대올림 by passing my old one to my parents.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “대올림”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
By analogy with 대물림, passing something from an older generation to a younger one, it describes devices being used in the opposite direction. 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 explanationMedium
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 3주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026