Korean slang profile
다운에이징족
dauneijingjok
Middle-aged consumers seeking younger looks
Middle-aged people who groom and dress to appear younger than their actual age.
- Expanded form
- down-aging + 족down-aging + 족 (group)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
패션 기사는 다운에이징족을 겨냥한 옷을 소개했다.
The fashion article introduced clothes aimed at 다운에이징족.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “다운에이징족” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection defines middle-aged consumers grooming themselves to look younger than their age. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026